wash – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of wash

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wash up
Participle: washed up
Gerund: washing up

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iwash up
youwash up
he;she;itwashs up
wewash up
youwash up
theywash up

Perfect

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

Past

Iwashed up
youwashed up
he;she;itwashed up
wewashed up
youwashed up
theywashed up

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iwash up
youwash up
he;she;itwash up
wewash up
youwash up
theywash up

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iwashed up
youwashed up
he;she;itwashed up
wewashed up
youwashed up
theywashed up

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youwash up
weLet's wash up
youwash up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)