wash up Signification, définition

Signification de wash up en français

• 0 (of an object) to be pushed by water onto land -- s’échouer

  • shells that wash up on the beach les coquillages qui s’échouent sur la plage

• 1 to wash your hands and sometimes your face -- faire un brin de toilette

  • The kids were washing up before dinner. Les enfants faisaient un brin de toilette avant le dîner.

• 2 to clean dishes by hand -- laver

  • I’ll wash up. You dry. Je lave. Tu essuies.

• 3 to wash dishes etc after a meal -- laver (la vaisselle)

  • I’ll help you wash up

  • We’ve washed the plates up.

• 4 to wash one’s hands and face. -- (se) débarbouiller

• 5 to bring up on to the shore -- rejeter (sur le rivage)

  • The ship was washed up on the rocks

  • A lot of rubbish has been washed up on the beach.