What does wash up mean?
Definitions for wash up
wash up
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word wash up.
Princeton's WordNet
wash up, laveverb
wash one's face and hands
"She freshened up in the bathroom"
wash upverb
carry somewhere (of water or current or waves)
"The tide washed up the corpse"
wash up, do the dishesverb
wash dishes
"I cook and my husband washes up after dinner"
wash upverb
be carried somewhere by water or as if by water
"The body washed up on the beach"
exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker outverb
wear out completely
"This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
Wiktionary
wash upverb
To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
wash upverb
To wash one's hands and/or face, often around mealtimes.
wash upverb
To carry an object to land.
wash upverb
Something or somebody that has once had it's peak of greatness far too long ago, and is now still being over used, over played, and is still pushed through the media, even though it's gotten extremely old, bland, worn out, and is just sad to still see around
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wash up
"Wash up" is a term generally used to refer to the act of cleaning oneself or something, especially hands and face, typically with soap and water, often before meals or after completing a dirty or messy job. It can also refer to the act of cleaning dishes, utensils, and other kitchenware after a meal. Additionally, "wash up" can also mean to end up or arrive in a particular place or situation inadvertently, often due to external forces or circumstances, like items being washed ashore by the sea.
Anagrams for wash up »
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whaups
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wash up in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wash up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of wash up in a Sentence
It seems logical that they would want to see the wash up from this week's Federal Reserve meeting and hold the ability to be reactionary, if we see anything from Mr. Kuroda and the BOJ today, it will be setting the scene for additional measures if they so need.
We’ve had a lot of dead animals wash up here, you know, otters and raccoons, things like that over the years, but never a dead whale. We’ve had dead people wash up, but never a whale.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this bottlenose dolphin was speared to death in May and washed up on shore on Upper Captiva Island in Florida. A reward has been posted for information in the case. ( NOAA) HUNDREDS OF DOLPHINS STRANDED, WASH UP DEAD ALONG US GULF COAST, OFFICIALS SAY The bottlenose dolphin washed up on shore on Upper Captiva Island in May. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the dolphin was known to area biologists when he was alive. He was last observed swimming around fishing boats and was seen with begging dolphins.
To see them wash up on the shore of a sea loch is new to me, we’re increasingly seeing these massive fish and it’s a wonderful sight. Unfortunately, that one is dead, it’s thought to have been predated on by a seal or hit by a boat.
The corpses wash up on shore and our volunteers are having to move the bodies and manage the remains of the dead.
Translations for wash up
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- umýt ruceCzech
- waschen, Hände waschen, aufspülenGerman
- lavuEsperanto
- peseytyä, huuhtoutuaFinnish
- laver, se laver les mainsFrench
- mosakszik, partra mos, kimos, partra vet, bemosakszik, megosakszik, kezet mosHungarian
- spiaggiareItalian
- 手を洗う, 洗面Japanese
- измива, миеMacedonian
- zich wassen, zich opfrissenDutch
- [[быть]] [[вынести, умыва́ться, [[быть]] [[прибить, [[мыть]] [[рука, [[помы́ть]] [[рука, умы́тьсяRussian
- spola upp, ansiktet, händernaSwedish
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