Signification de wash En anglais

• 0 to clean with water and usually soap

  • a woman washing her hair/hands une femme se lavant les cheveux/mains

  • Wash the white clothes in hot water. Lavez les vêtements blancs dans l’eau chaude.

  • Make sure to wash yourself thoroughly. Veillez à vous laver soigneusement.

• 1 (of water) to push somewhere

  • The car was washed downstream when the river flooded. La voiture a été entraînée en aval quand le fleuve a débordé.

• 2 an act of washing

  • The dirt came out after two washes. La saleté est partie après deux lessives/lavages.

  • Give your hands a wash. Lave-toi les mains.

• 3 [ usually singular ] a number of pieces of clothing to be washed or being washed

  • I think your jeans are in the wash. Je pensais que ton jean était à la lessive.

  • I’m going to do a white/dark wash. Je vais faire une lessive de blanc/foncé.

• 4 to clean (a thing or person, especially oneself) with (soap and) water or other liquid

  • How often do you wash your hair?

  • You wash (the dishes) and I’ll dry

  • We can wash in the stream.

• 5 to be able to be washed without being damaged

  • This fabric doesn’t wash very well.

• 6 to flow (against, over etc)

  • The waves washed (against) the ship.

• 7 to sweep (away etc) by means of water

  • The floods have washed away hundreds of houses.

• 8 an act of washing

  • He’s just gone to have a wash.

• 9 things to be washed or being washed

  • Your sweater is in the wash.

• 10 the flowing or lapping (of waves etc)

  • the wash of waves against the rocks.

• 11 a liquid with which something is washed

  • a mouthwash.

• 12 a thin coat (of water-colour/-color paint etc), especially in a painting

  • The background of the picture was a pale blue wash.

• 13 the waves caused by a moving boat etc

  • The rowing boat was tossing about in the wash from the ship’s propellers.