WASH UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wash up mean? 

• WASH UP (verb)
  The verb WASH UP has 5 senses:

1. wash one's face and hands

2. carry somewhere (of water or current or waves)

3. wash dishes

4. be carried somewhere by water or as if by water

5. wear out completely

  Familiarity information: WASH UP used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WASH UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wash one's face and hands

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

lave; wash up

Context example:

She freshened up in the bathroom

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

freshen; freshen up; refresh; refreshen (become or make oneself fresh again)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

washup (the act of washing yourself (or another person))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Carry somewhere (of water or current or waves)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The tide washed up the corpse

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

carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)

Verb group:

wash up (be carried somewhere by water or as if by water)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Wash dishes

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

do the dishes; wash up

Context example:

I cook and my husband washes up after dinner

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

clean; make clean (make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

washup (the act of washing dishes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be carried somewhere by water or as if by water

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The body washed up on the beach

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

appear (come into sight or view)

Verb group:

wash up (carry somewhere (of water or current or waves))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 5

Meaning:

Wear out completely

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up

Context example:

He was all washed up after the exam

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

fag; fag out; fatigue; jade; outwear; tire; tire out; wear; wear down; wear out; wear upon; weary (exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wash up"):

frazzle (exhaust physically or emotionally)

play (exhaust by allowing to pull on the line)

kill (tire out completely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Adults should make sure children who visit farms or petting zoos wash up as well.

(Animal Diseases and Your Health, NIH)