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wash to cleanse by or as if by the action of liquid such as water The first known use: before the 12th century |
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4 Letters, 1 Syllable |
wash |
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3 Phonemes |
w o S |
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onset, rime |
w ash |
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Morpheme |
wash |
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Sentence Examples We have to wash the dishes. The flooding washed sand and silt all over the area. The pollution washes into rivers from nearby factories. Water washed over the deck of the ship. Waves washed up onto the beach. My jeans are in the wash. We could hear the wash of the waves against the rocks. The wash from speedboats is dangerous for swimmers. |
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Common Phrases a wash A situation in which gains and losses are considered to be equal or offset; an outcome of negligible advantages or disadvantages. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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False Friends
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