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WASHUP

• WASHUP (noun)
The noun WASHUP has 2 senses:

1. the act of washing yourself (or another person)
2. the act of washing dishes

Familiarity information: WASHUP used as a noun is rare.

• WASHUP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The act of washing yourself (or another person)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

washup; bathing

Hypernyms ("washup" is a kind of...):

cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)

lavation; wash; washing (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "washup"):

shower; shower bath (washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle)

bath (you soak and wash your body in a bathtub)

sponge bath (you wash your body with a sponge or washcloth instead of in a bathtub)

steam bath; Turkish bath; vapor bath; vapour bath (you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The act of washing dishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dishwashing; washup

Hypernyms ("washup" is a kind of...):

lavation; wash; washing (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))

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