wash off
To remove by washing; to clean off by washingTo remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.
» Tom washed the blood off the knife.
Том смыл с ножа кровь.
Том відмив ніж від крові.
Meaning
1 senses(ditransitive)To remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.
I'm trying to wash off this equipment.
I'm trying to wash off all this mud.
отмыва́тьсяotmyvátʹsja, отмы́тьсяotmýtʹsja
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
Examples
44 sentencesTom washed the blood off the knife.
Том відмив ніж від крові. — deniko
ruТом смыл с ножа кровь. — odexed
Tom washed the blood off his hands.
Том змив з рук кров. — Walentinio
ruТом смыл с рук кровь. — marafon
deTom wusch sich das Blut von seinen Händen. — bonny37
Tom tried to wash the blood off his clothes.
ruТом пытался отстирать кровь с одежды. — Wezel
deTom versuchte, das Blut aus seiner Kleidung herauszuwaschen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom washed the dirt off his face.
Tom washed the sand off his feet.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
washes off, washing off, washed off, washed off| Base form | wash off · to wash off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | washes off |
| Present participle | washing off |
| Past simple | washed off |
| Past participle | washed off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- wash upбити, вдаритиTo clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
- wash offмити, пратиTo remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.
- wash outмити, пратиTo wash the inside of something.
- wash awayрозмити, розмиватиTo eliminate or destroy by fast-moving water, such as a flood or a high sea.
- wash downTo help to swallow (something, especially food or a pill) by drinking a liquid.
- wash overTo pass (one) unnoticed so that one is unaffected by it.
Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb