wash up

English

Verb

wash up (third-person singular simple present washes up, present participle washing up, simple past and past participle washed up)

(Britain, intransitive) To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
You wash up tonight and I'll dry.
(US, intransitive) To wash one's hands and/or face, often around mealtimes.
Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash up.
(intransitive, of water) To carry an object to land.
The whale was washed up on the beach.

Synonyms

(clean utensils, dishes, etc.): do the dishes, do the washing-up

Translations

clean utensils, dishes, etc. — see do the dishes

wash one's hands and/or face (US)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 洗臉 (zh), 洗脸 (zh) (xǐliǎn) (to wash face), 洗手 (zh) (xǐshǒu) (to wash hands)
Czech: umýt ruce
Dutch: zich opfrissen, zich wassen
Finnish: peseytyä (fi)
French: se laver (fr), se laver les mains (to wash hands)

German: sich waschen (de), Hände waschen (to wash hands)
Hungarian: mosakszik, megmosakszik, kezet mos, bemosakszik (medical; doctors do before operating)
Japanese: 洗面する (ja) (せんめんする, senmen suru), 手を洗う (てをあらい, te o arau)
Macedonian: мие (míe), измива (ízmiva)
Russian: умыва́ться (ru) impf (umyvátʹsja), умы́ться (ru) pf (umýtʹsja) (to wash face and hands), мыть ру́ки impf (mytʹ rúki) (to wash hands) помы́ть ру́ки pf (pomýtʹ rúki)
Swedish: tvätta händerna (sv), ansiktet (sv)

be carried on to land by water

Chinese:
Mandarin: 冲刷 (zh)
Finnish: huuhtoutua
German: aufspülen
Hungarian: kimos (hu), partra mos, partra vet

Irish: anspülen
Italian: spiaggiare
Maori: hōiriiri
Russian: быть вы́несенным на бе́рег (bytʹ výnesennym na béreg), быть приби́тым к бе́регу (bytʹ pribítym k béregu)
Swedish: spola upp

Noun

wash up (plural wash ups)

Something or somebody that is washed up.

Anagrams

Upshaw, upwash, wha-ups, whasup, whaups

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