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{
"term": "wash",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "wash",
"heSheIt": "washes"
},
"pastSimple": "washed",
"pastParticiple": "washed",
"ingForm": "washing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make something/somebody clean using water and usually soap",
"sensetop": "wash something/somebodywash something from somethingwash something/somebody + adj.",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "These jeans need washing.",
"contextForm": "wash something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "He always washes the car on Sundays."
},
{
"text": "to **wash your hands/hair/face**"
},
{
"text": "Wash the fruit thoroughly before eating."
},
{
"text": "She washed the blood from his face.",
"contextForm": "wash something from something"
},
{
"text": "The potatoes are washed clean without damaging the skins.",
"contextForm": "wash something/somebody + adj."
},
{
"text": "Hands need to be washed regularly with hot water."
},
{
"text": "She gently washed and dressed the wound."
},
{
"text": "the smell of freshly washed hair"
},
{
"text": "He quickly washed his hands and face."
},
{
"text": "He washed his face."
},
{
"text": "If you wash the dishes, I'll dry."
}
],
"topics": ["Houses and homes"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "properly", "thoroughly"],
"phrases": ["freshly washed", "newly washed"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make yourself clean using water and usually soap",
"sensetop": "wash yourself",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "By this time we were already washed and dressed."
},
{
"text": "I washed and changed before going out."
},
{
"text": "Mick woke up, got washed and shaved, and put his work clothes on."
},
{
"text": "She was no longer able to wash herself.",
"contextForm": "wash yourself"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to be able to be washed without losing colour or being damaged",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This sweater washes well."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to flow or carry something/somebody in a particular direction",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.wash something/somebody + adv./prep.wash something + adj.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Water washed over the deck.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "Pieces of the wreckage were **washed ashore**.",
"contextForm": "wash something/somebody + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "He was **washed overboard** by a huge wave."
},
{
"text": "The beach had been washed clean by the tide.",
"contextForm": "wash something + adj."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to discuss your personal affairs in public, especially something embarrassing",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to refuse to be responsible for or involved with somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When her son was arrested again she washed her hands of him."
},
{
"text": "I’ve washed my hands of the whole sordid business."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that somebody’s explanation, excuse, etc. is not true or that you/somebody else will not accept it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "That excuse simply won't wash with me."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/wɒʃ/",
"audio": "wa/wash/wash__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɒʃɪz/",
"audio": "wa/wash/washes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/wɒʃt/",
"audio": "wa/wash/washed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɒʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "wa/wash/washing__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/wɑːʃ/",
"audio": "wa/wash/wash__us_1_rr.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɑːʃɪz/",
"audio": "wa/wash/washes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/wɑːʃt/",
"audio": "wa/wash/washed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwɑːʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "wa/wash/washing__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English wæscan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wassen, German waschen, also to water."
}