wash – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of wash

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wash sth down
Participle: washed sth down
Gerund: washing sth down

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iwash sth down
youwash sth down
he;she;itwashs sth down
wewash sth down
youwash sth down
theywash sth down

Perfect

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

Past

Iwashed sth down
youwashed sth down
he;she;itwashed sth down
wewashed sth down
youwashed sth down
theywashed sth down

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iwash sth down
youwash sth down
he;she;itwash sth down
wewash sth down
youwash sth down
theywash sth down

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iwashed sth down
youwashed sth down
he;she;itwashed sth down
wewashed sth down
youwashed sth down
theywashed sth down

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youwash sth down
weLet's wash sth down
youwash sth down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *wed-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
5. Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti
6. Proto-Germanic *waskaną
7. Proto-West Germanic *waskan
8. Old English wascan
9. Middle English wasshen
10. English wash
11. From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen (“to wash”), from Old English wascan (“to wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *waskan (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet, water”).
12. 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”), Faroese and Icelandic vaska (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Nynorsk vaske, vaska (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”).
13. The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaske (“wash”), West Frisian wask (“wash”), Dutch was (“wash”), Low German Wask, Waske (“wash”), German Wäsche (“wash”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish vask (“wash”). See: Old English 'wascan', Frisian, Saterlandic 'waaske', Dutch 'wassen', Low Saxon 'waschen', German, old spelling 'waschen', Danish 'vaske', Icelandic 'vaska', Norwegian 'vaske', Norwegian, nynorsk 'vaske', Swedish 'vaska', Frisian, Saterlandic 'Waaske'.

Verbs referencing "wash"

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

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)