Antonyms for wash up

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : wosh-uhp, wawsh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒʃˌʌp, ˈwɔʃ-

Definition of wash up

Origin : late Old English wæsc "act of washing" (see wash (v.)). Meaning "clothes set aside to be washed" is attested from 1789; meaning "thin coat of paint" is recorded from 1690s; sense of "land alternately covered and exposed by the sea" is recorded from mid-15c.

As in toilet : noun grooming or dressing one's person
As in run through : verb use up; waste
As in wash : verb bathe, clean
As in lave : verb wash
As in consume : verb use up
As in deplete : verb consume, exhaust supply
As in exhaust : verb consume, use up
As in expend : verb exhaust; spend
As in finish : verb consume, use up

Example sentences :

Oh, and Martha—I'd have Martha, to cook and wash up and do things.
Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame

You shall have something in a few minutes, so wash up, and I'll get it for you.
Extract from : « Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer » by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham

"Now then, I expect you'll want to wash up," went on the hunter's wife.
Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound » by Laura Lee Hope

Mary (taking the tray to the table and starting to get ready to wash up the cups).
Extract from : « The Drone » by Rutherford Mayne

See, the workmen are knocking off and are going to the river to wash up.
Extract from : « The Johnstown Horror » by James Herbert Walker

He had planned to stop at a hotel, to wash up, and to gallop to Claire.
Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis

"There is a spring behind the house where we wash up," he said.
Extract from : « The Windy Hill » by Cornelia Meigs

After dinner he went into the scullery to help Annie to wash up.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

“You can wash up and tidy up, Porter,” he said to his friend.
Extract from : « Ralph on the Overland Express » by Allen Chapman

She was pushed into a kitchen and bidden to wash up some cups and saucers.
Extract from : « Littlebourne Lock » by F. Bayford Harrison

Synonyms for wash up

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