Antonyms for wash up


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : wosh-uhp, wawsh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒʃˌʌp, ˈwɔʃ-


Definition of wash up

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 toilet : noun grooming or dressing one's person
  • As in run through : verb use up; waste
  • As in wash : verb bathe, clean
  • As in lave : verb wash
  • As in consume : verb use up
  • As in deplete : verb consume, exhaust supply
  • As in exhaust : verb consume, use up
  • As in expend : verb exhaust; spend
  • As in finish : verb consume, use up
Example sentences :
  • Oh, and Martha—I'd have Martha, to cook and wash up and do things.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
  • You shall have something in a few minutes, so wash up, and I'll get it for you.
  • Extract from : « Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer » by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham
  • "Now then, I expect you'll want to wash up," went on the hunter's wife.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound » by Laura Lee Hope
  • Mary (taking the tray to the table and starting to get ready to wash up the cups).
  • Extract from : « The Drone » by Rutherford Mayne
  • See, the workmen are knocking off and are going to the river to wash up.
  • Extract from : « The Johnstown Horror » by James Herbert Walker
  • He had planned to stop at a hotel, to wash up, and to gallop to Claire.
  • Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
  • "There is a spring behind the house where we wash up," he said.
  • Extract from : « The Windy Hill » by Cornelia Meigs
  • After dinner he went into the scullery to help Annie to wash up.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • “You can wash up and tidy up, Porter,” he said to his friend.
  • Extract from : « Ralph on the Overland Express » by Allen Chapman
  • She was pushed into a kitchen and bidden to wash up some cups and saucers.
  • Extract from : « Littlebourne Lock » by F. Bayford Harrison

Synonyms for wash up

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