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  • 61washing day — noun a day set aside for doing household laundry • Syn: ↑washday • Hypernyms: ↑day * * * washing day UK US noun [countable] [singular washing day …

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  • 62washing — Wash Wash, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and… …

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  • 63washing-up — 1) N UNCOUNT To do the washing up means to wash the plates, cups, cutlery, and pans which have been used for cooking and eating a meal. [BRIT] Martha volunteered to do the washing up. (in AM, use wash the dishes) 2) N UNCOUNT Washing up is the… …

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  • 64washing-up — noun (U) BrE 1 the washing of plates, dishes, knives etc; dishes AmE: do the washing up: It s your turn to do the washing up, Conrad. 2 the dirty pans, plates, dishes, knives etc that have to be washed; dishes AmE: a pile of washing up …

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  • 65washing machine */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms washing machine : singular washing machine plural washing machines a machine for washing clothes …

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  • 66washing-up — UK / US noun [uncountable] British a) things such as dishes, cups, knives, and forks that need to be washed after a meal a pile of washing up b) the activity of washing the dishes and other things used for a meal do the washing up: Who s going to …

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  • 67washing-up — 1. noun The act of washing dishes etc; dishwashing Ill do the washing up if you put it all away. See Also: wash up 2. adjective Of, or relating to washing dishes …

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  • 68washing of feet — noun A ritual washing of churchgoers feet by clergy practised by some Christians, especially associated with Maundy Thursday Syn: feet washing, foot washing, mandatum, pedilavium …

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  • 69washing-up — (BrE) noun VERB + WASHING UP ▪ do ▪ leave ▪ Leave the washing up we can do it in the morning. WASHING UP + NOUN ▪ bowl ▪ …

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  • 70washing — wash|ing S2 [ˈwɔʃıŋ US ˈwo: , ˈwa: ] n [singular, U] BrE clothes that need to be washed, are being washed, or have just been washed American Equivalent: wash ▪ I really must do the washing (=wash the dirty clothes) this afternoon. ▪ Could you put …

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