WASH OFF
Dictionary entry overview: What does wash off mean? • WASH OFF (verb)
The verb WASH OFF has 1 sense:
1. remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
Familiarity information: WASH OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WASH OFF (verb)
Meaning:
Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
wash off; wash away; wash out; wash
Context examples:
he washed the dirt from his coat / The nurse washed away the blood / Can you wash away the spots on the windows? / he managed to wash out the stains
Hypernyms (to "wash off" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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