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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: washed up adj (washed-up when prenominal) informal chiefly US Canadian NZ - no longer useful, successful, hopeful, etc
- exhausted
washed-up /ˈwɑʃtˈʌp, ˈwɔʃt-/USA pronunciation adj. [Informal.]- Informal Termsno longer successful or in demand:After that scandal, he's all washed up as a politician.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wash /wɑʃ, wɔʃ/USA pronunciation v. - to cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in liquid, esp. water: [~ + object]to wash the dishes.[no object]You wash and I'll dry.
- to wash oneself:[no object]He washes before eating.
- to (cause to) be removed by or as if by the action of water: [~ + object]to wash one's guilt away.[no object]His guilt washed away.
- to flow through, over, or against: [no object]The water washed against his feet.[~ + object]The waves wash the shoreline.
- to undergo washing without damage, as shrinking or fading:[no object]These clothes wash well in hot water.
- Informal Termsto prove true when someone tests it:[no object* not: be + ~-ing;usually with a negative word or phrase, or in questions]His alibi simply won't wash.
- to (cause to) be carried or driven by water: [no object]The bridge washed away during the storm.[~ + object (+ away)]The floods washed the bridge away.
- to move along in or as if in waves: [no object]The body washed slowly out to sea.[~ + object]The body was washed slowly out to sea.
- wash down:
- to clean completely by washing: [~ + down + object]to wash down the walls.[~ + object + down]to wash the walls down.
- to make the swallowing of (food or medicine) easier by drinking liquid: [~ + down + object]Wash down the pill with some water.[~ + object + down]Wash it down with some water.
- wash out:
- to (cause to) be removed by washing: [no object]Will the stains wash out?[~ + out + object]trying to wash out the stains.[~ + object + out]trying to wash the stains out.
- [~ + out + object] to damage or demolish by the action of water:The embankment was washed out by the storm.
- Informal Terms[no object]to fail to qualify or continue;
be eliminated:to wash out of graduate school.
- wash up:
- [no object] to wash one's face and hands:to wash up before dinner.
- [~ + up + object] to clean or clear away by washing:Wash up the oil spills.
n. - [countable] the act or process of washing.
- [countable] items, as clothes, to be washed at one time.
- [uncountable] water moving in waves or with a rushing movement.
- Nautical[uncountable] the wake of a moving boat.
- Aeronautics[uncountable] a disturbance in the air caused by a moving airplane.
Idioms- Idioms come out in the wash:
- to result eventually in something satisfactory.
- to be made known eventually:All of these details will eventually come out in the wash.
- wash one's hands of, [~ + object] to renounce further responsibility for or involvement in:He washed his hands of the problem.
Wash., an abbreviation of:- Washington.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024washed-up (wosht′up′, wôsht′-),USA pronunciation adj. [Informal.]- Informal Termsdone for;
having failed completely.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wash (wosh, wôsh),USA pronunciation v.t. - to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing;
cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid. - to remove (dirt, stains, paint, or any matter) by or as by the action of water (usually fol. by out, off, etc.):to wash grime out of clothing.
- to free from spiritual defilement or from sin, guilt, etc.:to be washed whiter than the snow.
- to bathe, wet, or moisten with water or other liquid:a meadow newly washed with morning dew.
- to flow through, over, or against:a shore or cliff washed by waves.
- to carry, bring, remove, or deposit (something) by means of water or any liquid, or as the water or liquid does (often fol. by up, down, or along):The storm washed the boat up on the shore. A sailor was washed overboard.
- to wear or diminish, as water does by flowing over or against a surface (often fol. by out or away):The rain had washed away the lettering on the stone.
- (of water) to form by flowing over and eroding a surface:The flood had washed a new channel through the bottom lands.
- Mining
- to subject (earth or ore) to the action or force of water in order to separate valuable material.
- to separate (valuable material) in this way.
- Chemistryto purify (a gas or gaseous mixture) by passage through or over a liquid.
- to cover with a watery or thin coat of color.
- Metallurgyto overlay with a thin coat or deposit of metal:to wash brass with gold.
- Slang Termslaunder (def. 3).
v.i. - to wash oneself:After using the insecticide spray they washed completely.
- to wash clothes:Monday is the day we wash.
- to cleanse anything with or in water or other liquid.
- to undergo washing without injury, esp. shrinking or fading:fabrics guaranteed to wash.
- Informal Termsto be found true, valid, or real when tested or closely scrutinized;
stand being put to the proof:His honesty won't wash. - to be carried or driven by water (often fol. by along or ashore):The boat had washed ashore in the night.
- to flow or beat with a lapping sound, as waves on a shore.
- to move along in or as in waves, or with a rushing movement, as water.
- Geography, Place Namesto be eroded, as by a stream or by rainfall:a hillside that washes frequently.
- Place Namesto be removed by the action of water (often fol. by away):Much of the topsoil washes away each spring.
- wash down:
- to clean completely by washing:to wash down a car.
- to facilitate the swallowing of (food or medicine) by drinking water or other liquid:to wash down a meal with a glass of wine.
- wash one's hands of. See hand (def. 75).
- wash out:
- to be removed by washing:The stain wouldn't wash out.
- to damage or demolish by the action of water:The embankment was washed out by the storm.
- Informal Termsto fail to qualify or continue;
be eliminated:to wash out of graduate school. - to become dim, indistinct, or blurred:The face of the watch washes out in sunlight.
- wash up:
- to wash one's face and hands:Aren't you going to wash up? Dinner is almost ready.
- to wash (dishes, flatware, pots, etc.):I'll wash up the dishes, don't bother. We had someone in to wash up after the party.
- to end, esp. ignominiously (usually in the passive):After that performance, he's all washed up as a singer.
n. - the act or process of washing with water or other liquid:to give the car a wash.
- a quantity of clothes, linens, etc., washed, or to be washed, at one time:a heavy wash.
- a liquid with which something is washed, wetted, colored, overspread, etc.:She gave the room a wash of pale blue.
- the flow, sweep, dash, or breaking of water:The wash of the waves had drenched us.
- the sound made by this:listening to the wash of the Atlantic.
- water moving along in waves or with a rushing movement:the wash of the incoming tide.
- Nauticalthe rough or broken water left behind a moving ship, boat, etc.;
wake:The little boats tossed about in the wash from the liner's propellers. - Aeronauticsthe disturbance in the air left behind by a moving airplane or any of its parts:wing wash.
- any of various liquids for grooming or cosmetic purposes:a hair wash.
- Medicinea lotion or other liquid having medicinal properties, as an antiseptic solution or the like (often used in combination):to apply wash to a skinned knee;mouthwash;eyewash.
- Miningminerals from which valuable material can be extracted by washing.
- Geographythe wearing away of the shore by breaking waves.
- Geographya tract of land washed by the action of the sea or a river.
- Geographya marsh, fen, or bog.
- Geographya small stream or shallow pool.
- Geographya shallow arm of the sea or a shallow part of a river.
- Geographya depression or channel formed by flowing water.
- Geologyalluvial matter transferred and deposited by flowing water.
- Geography, Dialect TermsAlso called dry wash. [Western U.S.]the dry bed of an intermittent stream.
- Fine Arta broad, thin layer of color applied by a continuous movement of the brush, as in water-color painting.
- ArchitectureAlso called watershed, weathering.
- an upper surface so inclined as to shed rain water from a building.
- any member of a building having such a surface.
- MetallurgyAlso, washing. a thin coat of metal applied in liquid form:a gold wash.
- waste liquid matter, refuse, food, etc., from the kitchen, as for hogs;
swill (often used in combination):hogwash. - washy or weak liquor or liquid food.
- Winethe fermented wort from which the spirit is extracted in distilling.
- Informal Termsan action that yields neither gain nor loss:The company's financial position is a wash compared with last year.
- come out in the wash:
- to have a good or satisfactory result;
turn out eventually:The situation may look hopeless now, but it will all come out in the wash. - to be revealed;
become known.
adj. - capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.;
washable:a wash dress.
- Gmc *watskan, equivalent. to *wat- (root of water) + *-sk- verb, verbal suffix + *-an infinitive suffix
- Middle English washen (verb, verbal), Old English wascan (cognate with Dutch wasschen, German waschen, Old Norse vaska) bef. 900
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clean, lave, rinse, launder, mop, swab.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bedew.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bathe.
- 28.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ablution, cleansing, bathing.
- 41.See corresponding entry in Unabridged swamp, morass.
Wash (wosh, wôsh),USA pronunciation n. - Place Names The, a shallow bay of the North Sea, on the coast of E England. 20 mi. (32 km) long;
15 mi. (24 km) wide.
Wash., - Washington (defs. 4, 5).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wash up vb (adverb)- chiefly Brit to wash (dishes, cutlery, etc) after a meal
- (intransitive) US to wash one's face and hands
n washup - Austral the end, outcome of a process: in the washup, three candidates were elected
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