Synonyms for wash down

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wosh, wawsh

Phonetic Transcription : wɒʃ, wɔʃ

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Définition 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

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