Antonyms for wash up
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : wosh-uhp, wawsh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒʃˌʌp, ˈwɔʃ- |
- abstain
- accumulate
- add
- animate
- appear
- augment
- bear
- begin
- build
- collect
- commence
- construct
- create
- dehydrate
- develop
- dirty
- dry
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- fast
- fill
- garner
- gather
- give
- grow
- hoard
- hold
- ignore
- increase
- initiate
- introduce
- invigorate
- keep
- maintain
- neglect
- not use
- preserve
- raise
- refresh
- replenish
- save
- start
- starve
- store
- strengthen
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
- 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
- ablutions
- absorb
- ante up
- apply
- attire
- avail oneself of
- bankrupt
- bath
- bathe
- bleed
- bleed dry
- blow
- brush up
- bubble
- clean up
- cleanse
- consume
- decrease
- deplete
- devour
- dig into
- diminish
- dip
- disburse
- dish out
- dispatch
- dispel
- dispense
- disperse
- dispose of
- dissipate
- distribute
- do the dishes
- do the laundry
- dominate
- douse
- drain
- draw
- drench
- dressing
- drink
- drivel
- dry
- dry up
- eat
- eat up
- employ
- empty
- engross
- evacuate
- exhaust
- expend
- finish
- finish up
- float
- foot the bill
- fork out
- fresh up
- freshen up
- fritter away
- frivol away
- getting ready
- give
- go
- go through
- grooming
- have recourse to
- hose
- imbue
- immerse
- impoverish
- lap
- launder
- lave
- lavish
- lay out
- lessen
- lose
- make-up
- milk
- moisten
- monopolize
- obsess
- outlay
- pay
- pay out
- preoccupy
- profit by
- put away
- put out
- put to use
- reduce
- rinse
- run out
- run out of
- run through
- sap
- scour
- scrub
- shampoo
- shell out
- shine
- shower
- slosh
- soak
- soap
- spend
- splurge
- sponge
- spring for
- squander
- starch
- strain
- suck dry
- swab
- take a bath
- take a shower
- take last of
- throw away
- throw money at
- tidy-up
- toilette
- trifle
- tub
- undermine
- use
- use up
- utilize
- vanish
- void
- wash up
- wash-up
- waste
- weaken
- wear out
- wet
- wipe
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