Meaning

6 senses
  1. (UK, ambitransitive)To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.

    You wash up tonight and I'll dry.

    I'm not washing up all these dishes.

  2. (US, intransitive)To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes.

    Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash up.

    sich waschen, Hände waschen

    умыва́тьсяumyvátʹsja, умы́тьсяumýtʹsja, мыть ру́ки impf помы́ть ру́киmytʹ rúki

    wash one's face and hands

  3. (transitive)To carry (an object) to land.

    The tide washes up a lot of driftwood.

    The whale was washed up on the beach.

  4. (intransitive)To be carried by water to land.

    Some dangerous chemicals washed up on the beach.

    aufspülen

    быть вы́несенным на бе́регbytʹ výnesennym na béreg, быть приби́тым к бе́регуbytʹ pribítym k béregu

    be carried somewhere by water or as if by water

  5. (broadly, intransitive)To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere.

  6. (slang, transitive)To beat up (someone).

Examples

213 sentences
  1. Go wash up before dinner.

    Йди помийся перед обідом. — rmdas

  2. Go wash up.

    Піди помийся. — deniko

    ruПойди умойся. — marafon

  3. I want to wash up first.

  4. I'm going to go wash up.

  5. I'm going to go wash up first.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
wash one's hands and/or face (US):
be carried on to land by water:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
wash one's hands and/or face (US):
be carried on to land by water:

Forms

washes up, washing up, washed up, washed up
Base formwash up · to wash up
3rd person singularwashes up
Present participlewashing up
Past simplewashed up
Past participlewashed up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywash up
he, she, itwashes up

Past simpleLesson

all personswashed up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave washed up
he, she, ithas washed up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wash up

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
clean utensils, dishes:do the dishesdo the washing-up
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedwashup

See also

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