wash up

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

12 more languages

العربيةجفأغسل

Češtinadomýtnaplavit

Ελληνικάπλένω

Suomihuuhtoutuapeseytyä

Italianospiaggiare

日本語手を洗う打ち上げる洗面する流れ着く+ 1 more

Македонскиизмивамие

Nederlandszich opfrissenzich wassen

Polskiobmyćobmywaćpozmywaćzapieraćzapraćzmyćzmywać+ 4 more

Русскийбыть вы́несенным на бе́регбыть приби́тым к бе́регумыть ру́ки impf помы́ть ру́киумыва́тьсяумы́ться+ 2 more

Svenskaansiktet

Українськавмиватися

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.”

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