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MACHINE WASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does machine wash mean? 

MACHINE WASH (verb)
  The verb MACHINE WASH has 1 sense:

1. wash by machineplay

  Familiarity information: MACHINE WASH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MACHINE WASH (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they machine wash  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it machine washes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: machine washed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: machine washed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: machine washing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wash by machine

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

machine-wash; machine wash

Context example:

Can these shirts be machine-washed?

Hypernyms (to "machine wash" is one way to...):

launder; wash (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They machine wash the cape

Antonym:

handwash (wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine)


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