English: wash

English verb 'wash' conjugated

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wash
Participle: washed
Gerund: washing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iwash
youwash
he;she;itwashs
wewash
youwash
theywash

Perfect

Ihave washed; washen
youhave washed; washen
he;she;ithas washed; washen
wehave washed; washen
youhave washed; washen
theyhave washed; washen

Past

Iwashed
youwashed
he;she;itwashed
wewashed
youwashed
theywashed

Pluperfect

Ihad washed; washen
youhad washed; washen
he;she;ithad washed; washen
wehad washed; washen
youhad washed; washen
theyhad washed; washen

Future

Iwill wash
youwill wash
he;she;itwill wash
wewill wash
youwill wash
theywill wash

Future Perfect

Iwill have washed; washen
youwill have washed; washen
he;she;itwill have washed; washen
wewill have washed; washen
youwill have washed; washen
theywill have washed; washen

Subjunctive

Present

Iwash
youwash
he;she;itwash
wewash
youwash
theywash

Perfect

Ihave washed; washen
youhave washed; washen
he;she;ithave washed; washen
wehave washed; washen
youhave washed; washen
theyhave washed; washen

Imperfect

Iwashed
youwashed
he;she;itwashed
wewashed
youwashed
theywashed

Pluperfect

Ihad washed; washen
youhad washed; washen
he;she;ithad washed; washen
wehad washed; washen
youhad washed; washen
theyhad washed; washen

Conditional

Present

Iwould wash
youwould wash
he;she;itwould wash
wewould wash
youwould wash
theywould wash

Perfect

Iwould have washed; washen
youwould have washed; washen
he;she;itwould have washed; washen
wewould have washed; washen
youwould have washed; washen
theywould have washed; washen

Imperative

youwash
weLet's wash
youwash

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam washing
youare washing
he;she;itis washing
weare washing
youare washing
theyare washing

Perfect

Ihave been washing
youhave been washing
he;she;ithas been washing
wehave been washing
youhave been washing
theyhave been washing

Past

Iwas washing
youwere washing
he;she;itwas washing
wewere washing
youwere washing
theywere washing

Pluperfect

Ihad been washing
youhad been washing
he;she;ithad been washing
wehad been washing
youhad been washing
theyhad been washing

Future

Iwill be washing
youwill be washing
he;she;itwill be washing
wewill be washing
youwill be washing
theywill be washing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been washing
youwill have been washing
he;she;itwill have been washing
wewill have been washing
youwill have been washing
theywill have been washing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be washing
youwould be washing
he;she;itwould be washing
wewould be washing
youwould be washing
theywould be washing

Perfect

Iwould have been washing
youwould have been washing
he;she;itwould have been washing
wewould have been washing
youwould have been washing
theywould have been washing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'wash'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'wash'

ash, bash, cash, dash, fash, gash, hash, lash, mash, nash,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

clean
cleanse, launder, scrub, swab, lave, mob, rub
bathe
shower, soak, immerse, douse

Antonyms

clean
dirty, filthy, defiled, impure

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. wascan, wæscan, from P.Gmc. *watskanan (cf. O.N. vaska, M.Du. wasscen, Du. wassen, Ger. waschen), from stem *wat-, the source of water. Used mainly of clothes in O.E. (the principal verb for washing the body, dishes, etc. being þwean). Verbal phrase wash out "obliterate, cancel" is attested from 1580; hence colloquial sense of "to call off (an event) due to bad weather, etc.;" the noun sense of "disappointing failure" is recorded from 1902. Washed-out "faded" is from 1837; washed up is 1923 theater slang, from notion of washing up one's hands at the end of a job.
2. From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen, from Old English wascan, from Proto-West Germanic *waskan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet; water”).
3. Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”), Icelandic vaska (“to wash”). See: Old English 'wascan', Proto-Germanic '*waskaną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'waaske', Dutch 'wassen', Low Saxon 'waschen', German, old spelling 'waschen', Danish 'vaske', Norwegian 'vaske', Swedish, all forms 'vaska', Icelandic 'vaska'.

Verbs referencing "wash"

German, old spelling waschen, Sranan wasi, Danish vaske, Norwegian vaske, Cimbrian bèssan, Cebuano waswas, Luxembourgish wäschen, Frisian, Saterlandic waaske.

Sample Sentences

  • “ Get along wid ye ! ” said the mother, pushing away their woolly heads. “ Ye'll all stick together, and never get clar, if ye do dat fashion. Go long to de spring and wash yerselves ! ” she said, seconding her exhortations by a slap, which resounded very formidably, but which seemed only to knock out so much more laugh from the young ones, as they tumbled [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] good warm cloaks, and shawls; and were not above clogs and pattens. Moreover, there were places in the mill in which they could deposit these things without injury; and there were conveniences for washing. They were healthy in appearance, many of them remarkably so, and had the manners and deportment of young women: not of degraded brutes of burden. If I had seen in one of those mills (but I did [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] without going into the fresh air, that the atmosphere of the cabin is vile in the last degree. I huddle on my clothes, go down into the fore-cabin, get shaved by the barber, and wash myself. The washing and dressing apparatus for the passengers generally, consists of two jack-towels, three small wooden basins, a keg of water and a ladle to serve it out with, six square inches of looking-glass, two [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] left the last of them behind me in the person of a wretched drudge, who, after running to and fro all day till midnight, and moping in his stealthy winks of sleep upon the stairs betweenwhiles, was washing the dark passages at four o’clock in the morning; and went upon my way with a grateful heart that I was not doomed to live where slavery was, and had never had my senses blunted to its wrongs and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] will find curtains to his bed, for the first and probably the last time in America (this is a disinterested remark, for I never use them ); and where he will be likely to have enough water for washing himself, which is not at all a common case. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] 's face again, as if he were rendered uneasy by any suspension of the common business, and had nothing more to do with pleasurers. And still there is the same, eternal foreground. The river has washed away its banks, and stately trees have fallen down into the stream. Some have been there so long, that they are mere dry, grizzly skeletons. Some have just toppled over, and having earth yet about [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] his secret close, and did not court compassion—had had no sustenance whatever but the bones and scraps of fat he took from the plates used in the after-cabin dinner, when they were put out to be washed. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ O Lor, Missis, no; the towels was all a missin’—so I jest did it. I laid out to wash that a,—that's why I put it thar. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Here are two damask table-napkins. ” “ Them table-napkins I put thar, to get ’ em washed out, some day. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Don't you have some place here on purpose for things to be washed ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Washing machine, bring along. Okay. Just stand there. Yeah. It has a good light. (Spede)
  • Isn't that why you washed your hands near the car ? Did someone tell you that ? (Moorane Krishnappa)

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