ablute
/əˈbluːt/Chiefly informal
verb
1 [with object] To wash (oneself, or a part of the body).
2 [no object] To wash oneself; to bathe.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in John Moyle (d. 1714), naval surgeon. From classical Latin ablūt-, past participial stem of abluere to wash off. Compare French abluer to wash, to bathe.
- picklock
- pickman
- pickmaw
- pick-me-up
- pickmire
- pickney
- pick nits
- pick 'n' mix
- pickoff
- pick on
- pick one's feet up
- pickpocket
- pickpocketry
- pickpole
- pickproof
- pickpurse
- Pick's body
- Pick's disease
- pickshaft
- picksome
- pick someone's brains (or brain)
- pick someone's pockets
- pick someone/thing off
- pick someone/thing out
- pick someone/thing to pieces (or apart)