WASH

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wash I. substantiv

1. spălat; spălare; spălătură;

to have a wash a se spăla;

to give smth. a wash a spăla ceva.

2. udare; înmuiere.

3. rufe spălate sau date la spălat.

4. leşie; apă de spălat; apă folosită la spălat.

5. lături, zoaie.

6. apă chioară; „bragă".

7. (fig.) apă de ploaie, vorbărie goală.

8. lovire, ciocnire (a valurilor).

9. (geol.) aluviuni; eroziune.

10. (mar.) curent respins de elice.

11. ţinut aurifer.

12. (geogr.) mlaştină; teren mlăştinos / mocirlos.

wash II. adjectiv

care se spală.

wash III. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a spăla; a curăţa;

to wash one's hands a-şi spăla mâinile (şi fig.)

2. a stropi; a uda.

3. (fig.) a umple (de sânge etc.).

4. (despre apă, valuri) a arunca (la ţărm, peste bord).

5. a vopsi; a înălbi.

6. a înnobila (un metal).

7. to wash away a îndepărta prin spălat;

to wash down a spăla (o mâncare, bând);

to wash out a) a spăla (gura etc.); b) (despre ploaie) a spăla (drumul etc.); c) (fam.) a da gata, a strica; d) a dizolva, a topi;

to wash up a) (despre mare etc.) a arunca pe ţărm; b) a spăla (vase).

wash III. verb B. reflexiv

a se spăla.

wash III. verb C. intranzitiv

1. a se spăla; a se spăla pe mâini/ pe faţă etc.

2. a spăla (rufe).

3. (în diferite accepţiuni) a spăla, a curăţa.

4. (despre valuri) a se lovi, a se izbi.

5. a fi spălat; a fi udat sau stropit.

6. to wash away a se spăla, a se curăţa;

to wash off a se spăla, a fi spălat;

to wash up (fam.) a) a se spăla (pe faţă şi pe mâini); b) a spăla vasele.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

"Just as you please. I wash my hands of you," was Amy's short answer.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Wash that face, sir, and come down with me.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Why, that is where I send my washing to.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There she was forced to do hard work; to rise early before daylight, to bring the water, to make the fire, to cook and to wash.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

But he had taken a liking to the other, and he added: "I might do the plain washing. I learned that much at sea."

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

A procedure in which a salt-water solution is used to wash the peritoneal cavity and then is removed to check for cancer cells.

(Peritoneal washing, NCI Dictionary)

In a couple of months the rains might be expected, and we should be washed out of our camp.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There were the means of washing in the room, and a comb and brush to smooth my hair.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

That night I sat at table with the captain and the hunters, while Thomas Mugridge waited on us and washed the dishes afterward—a whim, a Caliban-mood of Wolf Larsen’s, and one I foresaw would bring me trouble.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

So I said I would go down and see, and Jane said, 'Shall I go down instead? for I think you have a little cold, and Patty has been washing the kitchen.'—'Oh! my dear,' said I—well, and just then came the note.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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