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wash up

Dictionary definition · wash up

verb

  1. wash one's face and hands"Wash up hands & bathrooms well after vomiting or diarrhea"
  2. carry somewhere (of water or current or waves)"The tide washed up the corpse"
  3. wash dishes"I cook and my husband washes up after dinner"
  4. be carried somewhere by water or as if by water"The body washed up on the beach"
  5. wear out completely"This kind of work exhausts me"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).