Antonyms for wash down


Grammar : Verb
Spell : wosh, wawsh
Phonetic Transcription : wɒʃ, wɔʃ


Definition of wash down

Origin :
  • late Old English wæsc "act of washing" (see wash (v.)). Meaning "clothes set aside to be washed" is attested from 1789; meaning "thin coat of paint" is recorded from 1690s; sense of "land alternately covered and exposed by the sea" is recorded from mid-15c.
  • As in swallow : verb consume
  • As in sup : verb drink
  • As in tank up : verb drink
  • As in drink : verb take in liquid
Example sentences :
  • The rain might wash down some of the rocks forming the roof.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • I pray you do not drink to wash down food: a bad habit of most of us.
  • Extract from : « Intestinal Ills » by Alcinous Burton Jamison
  • Afterguard, muster your buckets and brushes and wash down the decks.
  • Extract from : « The Rover's Secret » by Harry Collingwood
  • I helped myself to two or three glasses of wine to wash down the food.
  • Extract from : « Dick Cheveley » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • And now, my pretty Mabel, have you never a cup of ale to wash down the pie?
  • Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • English tea is good to eat—that is to mix with, and wash down your muffins.
  • Extract from : « A Summer's Outing » by Carter H. Harrison
  • But to wash down these substantial viands there was little save ale.
  • Extract from : « Cakes & Ale » by Edward Spencer
  • Get me a flagon of canary, and we will wash down the remains of the pasty.
  • Extract from : « The House of Walderne » by A. D. Crake
  • I must have something to wash down all these gnawing thoughts.
  • Extract from : « Ghosts » by Henrik Ibsen
  • At last it was broad day, and an order was given to wash down the decks.
  • Extract from : « Redburn. His First Voyage » by Herman Melville

Synonyms for wash down

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