wash – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of wash

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wash over sb
Participle: washed over sb
Gerund: washing over sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iwash over sb
youwash over sb
he;she;itwashs over sb
wewash over sb
youwash over sb
theywash over sb

Perfect

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

Past

Iwashed over sb
youwashed over sb
he;she;itwashed over sb
wewashed over sb
youwashed over sb
theywashed over sb

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iwash over sb
youwash over sb
he;she;itwash over sb
wewash over sb
youwash over sb
theywash over sb

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iwashed over sb
youwashed over sb
he;she;itwashed over sb
wewashed over sb
youwashed over sb
theywashed over sb

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youwash over sb
weLet's wash over sb
youwash over sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)