wash up
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wash up
verb washes up · washing up · washed up
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To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
You wash up tonight and I'll dry.
Similar: do the dishes, do the washing-up
- To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes. Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash up.
- To carry (an object) to land. The tide washes up a lot of driftwood.
- To be carried by water to land. Some dangerous chemicals washed up on the beach.
- To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere. Ron Asheton also washed up in LA, jamming with one-time Stooge Jimmy Recca and Amboy Dukes drummer K. J. Knight.
- To beat up (someone).
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verb wash one's hands and/or face (US)
| 日本語 | 洗面する senmen suru, 手を洗う te o arau |
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| 中文 | 洗臉 /洗脸 xǐliǎn, 洗手 xǐshǒu |
| Français | se laver, se laver les mains |
| Deutsch | sich waschen, Hände waschen |
| Русский | умыва́ться umyvátʹsja, умы́ться umýtʹsja, мыть ру́ки impf помы́ть ру́ки mytʹ rúki |
verb of water, to carry (an object) to land
| 日本語 | 打ち上げる uchiageru |
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verb be carried on to land by water
| Español | ser arrastrado por la corriente, ser traído por la corriente |
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| 中文 | 冲刷 chōngshuā |
| Deutsch | aufspülen |
| Italiano | spiaggiare |
| Русский | быть вы́несенным на бе́рег bytʹ výnesennym na béreg, быть приби́тым к бе́регу bytʹ pribítym k béregu |
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