Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
washed
IPA transcription: [w'ɑʃt]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
washed, water-washed
Meaning:
clean by virtue of having been washed in water
Usage examples
He was merciful and washed away my sins.
Supper over and dishes washed, we retired.
The anger washed away the fear and brought him back to reality.
"Unless you washed the dust down just once in a while," said Major Flint.
"It's all washed out," said Polly, smoothing it out, "when you staid out in the rain."
He shaved after dinner, and washed hisself all over after the girls was done the dishes.
Meaning you fight back all the time, if you don't want to be washed under by the flood."
She fell on her knees before him and washed his wounds one by one, and laid healing herbs upon them.
All hands sat down to the evening meal after the men had washed up, in most instances without removing their hats.
A rain lasting two days and a night washed the roads of snow and turned the fast disappearing drifts to a dirty yellow hue.