Kilo Lingo

wash

/wɒʃ/

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Translation

To make something clean with water, and often with soap.

Word origin

From Old English wascan, meaning to wash or clean with water.

Origin
Old English
Root
wascan

Grammar

Verb typeregular (wash, washes, washed)

Examples

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"Wash" means to make something clean with water.

Sunday.

"Washes" is the form used with he, she, or it.

plates dinner.

"Washed" is the past form of "wash".

To wash is to make something clean with water, often with soap. The past form is "washed".

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