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Meaning of wash up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
    British, ambitransitive
  2. To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes.
    US, intransitive
  3. To carry (an object) to land.
    transitive
  4. To be carried by water to land.
    intransitive
  5. To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere.
    broadly, intransitive
  6. To beat up (someone).
    slang, transitive

Equivalents

العربية جفأ غسل
Čeština domýt naplavit
Deutsch abwaschen anspülen aufspülen Hände waschen sich waschen
Ελληνικά πλένω
Español ser arrastrado por la corriente ser traído por la corriente
Suomi huuhtoutua peseytyä
Français se laver se laver les mains
Italiano spiaggiare
日本語 手を洗う 打ち上げる 打ち上げる 洗面する 流れ着く
Македонски измива мие
Nederlands zich opfrissen zich wassen
Polski obmyć obmywać pozmywać zapierać zaprać zmyć zmywać
Русский быть вы́несенным на бе́рег быть приби́тым к бе́регу мыть ру́ки impf помы́ть ру́ки умыва́ться умы́ться
Svenska ansiktet
Українська вмиватися

Examples

“You wash⟳ up tonight and I'll dry.”
“I'm not washing up all these dishes.”
“Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash⟳ up.”
“The tide washes up a lot of driftwood.”
“The whale was washed up on the beach.”
“Some dangerous chemicals washed up on the beach.”
“Ron Asheton also washed up in LA, jamming with one-time Stooge Jimmy Recca and Amboy Dukes drummer K. J. Knight.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

wash with wash'd washboard washboarded washboarding washboards

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