{
    "term": "wash",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "wash",
            "heSheIt": "washes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "washed",
        "pastParticiple": "washed",
        "ingForm": "washing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make something/somebody clean using water and usually soap",
            "sensetop": "wash something/somebodywash something from somethingwash something/somebody + adj.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These jeans need washing.",
                    "contextForm": "wash something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He always washes the car on Sundays."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **wash your hands/hair/face**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wash the fruit thoroughly before eating."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She washed the blood from his face.",
                    "contextForm": "wash something from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The potatoes are washed clean without damaging the skins.",
                    "contextForm": "wash something/somebody + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hands need to be washed regularly with hot water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gently washed and dressed the wound."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the smell of freshly washed hair"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He quickly washed his hands and face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He washed his face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you wash the dishes, I'll dry."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "properly", "thoroughly"],
                "phrases": ["freshly washed", "newly washed"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make yourself clean using water and usually soap",
            "sensetop": "wash yourself",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "By this time we were already washed and dressed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I washed and changed before going out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mick woke up, got washed and shaved, and put his work clothes on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was no longer able to wash herself.",
                    "contextForm": "wash yourself"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to be able to be washed without losing colour or being damaged",
            "sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This sweater washes well."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to flow or carry something/somebody in a particular direction",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.wash something/somebody + adv./prep.wash something + adj.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Water washed over the deck.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pieces of the wreckage were **washed ashore**.",
                    "contextForm": "wash something/somebody + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **washed overboard** by a huge wave."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The beach had been washed clean by the tide.",
                    "contextForm": "wash something + adj."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to discuss your personal affairs in public, especially something embarrassing",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to refuse to be responsible for or involved with somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When her son was arrested again she washed her hands of him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’ve washed my hands of the whole sordid business."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody’s explanation, excuse, etc. is not true or that you/somebody else will not accept it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That excuse simply won't wash with me."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɒʃ/",
                "audio": "wa/wash/wash__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɒʃɪz/",
                "audio": "wa/wash/washes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɒʃt/",
                "audio": "wa/wash/washed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɒʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "wa/wash/washing__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɑːʃ/",
                "audio": "wa/wash/wash__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɑːʃɪz/",
                "audio": "wa/wash/washes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɑːʃt/",
                "audio": "wa/wash/washed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwɑːʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "wa/wash/washing__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wæscan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wassen, German waschen, also to water."
}