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WOSH/wɒʃ/

Clean with water: wash your hands before dinner, or wash the dishes. Have a wash is British for a quick clean. Wash and watch are different words — one is water, the other is looking or a clock on your wrist — and the past is washed.

Meaning

To clean something with water.

Examples

• “Wash your hands before dinner.”
• “She washed the fruit before eating it.”
• “Can you wash this shirt, please?”

Good to know

wash your hands / wash the dishes. have a wash (British). Past: washed.

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