Dictionary

wash up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (UK, ambitransitive) To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
   • You wash up tonight and I'll dry.
   • I'm not washing up all these dishes.
2. (US, intransitive) To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes.
   • Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash up.
3. (of water, transitive) To carry (an object) to land.
   • The tide washes up a lot of driftwood.
   • The whale was washed up on the beach.
4. (intransitive) To be carried by water to land.
   • Some dangerous chemicals washed up on the beach.
5. (broadly, intransitive) To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere.
   • Ron Asheton also washed up in LA, jamming with one-time Stooge Jimmy Recca and Amboy Dukes drummer K. J. Knight. 2009, Joe Ambrose, Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop:
6. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To beat up (someone).

Forms

Deriveds

washup · wash-up period

Synonyms

do the washing-up (clean utensils, dishes) · do the dishes (clean utensils, dishes)

Translations (39)

it spiaggiare (be carried on to land by water) · hu kimos (of water, to carry (an object) to land) · de aufspülen (be carried on to land by water) · cs umýt ruce (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · fr se laver les mains (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · cmn 冲刷 (be carried on to land by water) · ru умыва́ться (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · sv ansiktet (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · es ser arrastrado por la corriente (be carried on to land by water) · fi huuhtoutua (be carried on to land by water) · fi peseytyä (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · mk измива (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · az əl-üzünü yumaq (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · hu partra vet (of water, to carry (an object) to land) · hu bemosakszik (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · ru быть вы́несенным на бе́рег (be carried on to land by water) · mk мие (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · de sich waschen (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · nl zich opfrissen (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · ja 打ち上げる (of water, to carry (an object) to land) · ru умы́ться (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · ja 洗面する (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · hu megmosakszik (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · cmn 洗手 (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · ru мыть ру́ки impf помы́ть ру́ки (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · de Hände waschen (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · cmn 洗臉 /洗脸 (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · es ser traído por la corriente (be carried on to land by water) · mi hōiriiri (be carried on to land by water) · ga anspülen (be carried on to land by water) · nl zich wassen (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · sv tvätta händerna (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · ja 手を洗う (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · sv spola upp (be carried on to land by water) · ru быть приби́тым к бе́регу (be carried on to land by water) · hu kezet mos (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · fr se laver (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · hu mosakszik (wash one's hands and/or face (US)) · hu partra mos (of water, to carry (an object) to land)