wash – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of wash

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)