wash

Definition

Examples

Please wash your hands before you handle any of the food.

Word Family

Synonyms

• cleanto make free from dirt, marks, or stains
• rinsea liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
• laundercleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

Collocations

• Easy wash hands with soap
  to wash hands with soap, meaning to clean with some chemical process
• Medium wash one's hands of the failed project
  to wash one's hands of the failed project, meaning to clean with some chemical process
• Hard investigate attempts to wash illicit drug profits
  to investigate attempts to wash illicit drug profits, meaning to investigate scientifically
• Very Hard that excuse simply will not wash with the tribunal
  a collocation phrase: that excuse simply will not wash with the tribunal