wash up

wash up
verb
1. wash one's face and hands (Freq. 1)
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She freshened up in the bathroom

• Syn: ↑lave
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lavation (for: ↑lave), ↑washup
• Hypernyms: ↑freshen, ↑refresh, ↑refreshen, ↑freshen up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

2. carry somewhere (of water or current or waves)
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The tide washed up the corpse

• Hypernyms: ↑impart, ↑conduct, ↑transmit, ↑convey, ↑carry, ↑channel
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

3. wash dishes
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I cook and my husband washes up after dinner

• Syn: ↑do the dishes
• Derivationally related forms: ↑washup
• Hypernyms: ↑clean, ↑make clean
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

4. be carried somewhere by water or as if by water
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The body washed up on the beach

• Hypernyms: ↑appear
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

5. wear out completely
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This kind of work exhausts me

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I'm beat

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He was all washed up after the exam

• Syn: ↑exhaust, ↑beat, ↑tucker, ↑tucker out
• Derivationally related forms: ↑exhaustion (for: ↑exhaust)
• Hypernyms:
↑tire, ↑wear upon, ↑tire out, ↑wear, ↑weary, ↑jade, ↑wear out, ↑outwear, ↑wear down, ↑fag out, ↑fag, ↑fatigue
• Hyponyms: ↑frazzle, ↑play, ↑kill
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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wash up [phrasal verb]
1 : to be carried by the movement of water to the shore

Trash washed up on the beach after the storm.

2 US : to wash your hands, face, etc.

It will just take me a minute to wash up and then we can go.

3 chiefly Brit : to wash the dishes after a meal

I cooked dinner and he washed up afterwards.

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Main Entry: ↑wash

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ˌwash ˈup derived
1. (BrE) (also do the dishes NAmE, BrE) to wash plates, glasses, etc. after a meal
related noun ↑washing-up
2. (NAmE) to wash your face and hands

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Go and get washed up.

Main entry: ↑washderived

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