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wash

English

Etymology

From Middle English washen, waschen, weschen, from Old English wascan, from Proto-Germanic *waskan?, *watskan? (to wash, get wet), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (wet; water). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (to wash), West Frisian waskje (to wash), Dutch wassen, wasschen (to wash), Low German waschen (to wash), German waschen (to wash), Danish vaske (to wash), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (to wash), Swedish vaska (to wash), Icelandic vaska (to wash).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /w??/, /w??/
  • (Canada, NYC, cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /w??/
  • (US, intrusive r) IPA(key): /w???/
  • Rhymes: -??
  • Rhymes: -??(?)?

Verb

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

  1. To clean with water.
    • 1917, Lester Angell Round, Harold Locke Lang, Preservation of vegetables by fermentation and salting, page 9
      Wash the vegetables, drain off the surplus water, and pack them in a keg, crock, or other utensil until it is nearly full
    • 1971, Homemaking Handbook: For Village Workers in Many Countries, page 101
      If using celery or okra, wash the vegetables in safe water.
    • 2010, Catherine Abbott, The Everything Grow Your Own Vegetables Book: Your Complete Guide to planting, tending, and harvesting vegetables, Everything Books ?ISBN, page 215
      Wash the vegetables thoroughly; even a little dirt can contain bacteria. Wash vegetables individually under running water.
  2. (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
  3. (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
  4. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
  5. (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
    • [the landscape] washed with a cold, grey mist
  6. (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
  7. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
  8. (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
    • 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever
      The king is running out of ideas as well as cash. His favourite shock-absorbing tactic—to blame his governments and sack his prime ministers—hardly washes.
  9. (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
  10. (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
  11. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
  12. To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
  13. (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
  14. (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.

Usage notes

In older works and possibly still in some dialects, wesh and woosh may be found as past tense forms. Washen may be found as a past participle.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

wash (plural washes)

  1. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
  2. A liquid used for washing.
  3. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
  4. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
  5. (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
  6. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
    • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
      [] the wind in the cordage and the wash of the sea helped the more to put them beyond earshot []
  7. The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:
    1. The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
      • 2003, Guidelines for Managing Wake Wash from High-speed Vessels: Report of Working Group 41 of the Maritime Navigation Commission, PIANC ?ISBN, page 5
        To date, much of the research undertaken on high-speed vessel wake wash has appeared only as unpublished reports for various authorities and management agencies.
    2. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
    3. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
  8. (nautical) The blade of an oar.
  9. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
    • The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, [] where rain water hath a long time settled.
  10. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
  11. A shallow body of water.
  12. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
    • 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature
      In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”)
    • 1999, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
      ...though the wash may carry surface water for only a few hours a year.
  13. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
  14. (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
  15. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
  16. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
  17. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
    • 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
      In order to augment the vinosity of the wash, many substances are recommended by Dr. Shaw, such as tartar, nitre, common salt, and the vegetable or mineral acids.
  18. A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
  19. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
  20. (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
  21. (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
  22. (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.

Synonyms

  • lavatory

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)

Anagrams

  • Haws, Shaw, Wahs, haws, shaw, shwa, wahs

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toilet

English

Alternative forms

  • toilette (certain senses only)

Etymology

From Middle French toilette (small cloth), diminutive of toile (cloth), from their use to protect clothing while shaving or arranging hair. From its use as a private room, toilet came to refer euphemistically to lavatories and then to its fixtures, beginning in the United States in the late 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t??.l?t/, /?t??.l?t/
  • Rhymes: -??l?t

Noun

toilet (plural toilets)

  1. (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]
  2. (obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table. [17th–19th c.]
    • 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto I, lines 121-126:
      And now, unveil’d, the toilet stands display’d,
      Each silver vase in mystic order laid.
  3. (now historical or archaic) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. [from 17th c.]
    • 1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Oxford 2009, p. 118:
      Against that short evening her toilet was consulted the whole day [] .
    • 1913, Rabindranath Tagore, (“Come as you are...”), Poetry Foundation 1913, p. 85:
      Come as you are, tarry not over your toilet.
    • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, page 111:
      Three women got down and standing on the curb they made unabashed toilets, smoothing skirts and stockings, brushing one another's back, opening parcels and donning various finery.
  4. (now rare, archaic) One's style of dressing: dress, outfit. [from 18th c.]
    • 1917, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge":
      "It is a quarter-past two," he said. "Your telegram was dispatched about one. But no one can glance at your toilet and attire without seeing that your disturbance dates from the moment of your waking."
  5. (archaic) A dressing room. [from 19th c.]
  6. (Britain) A room or enclosed area containing a toilet: a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]
    • 2002, Digby Tantam, Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice: A Narrative Framework, p. 122:
      He would hit her when she cried and, if this did not work, would lock her in the toilet for hours on end.
    • 2014, C.S. Walter, Abandoned Bridges, pp. 105 f.:
      He wet his thumb with saliva pressing on the tongue, ran it up and down faster over the letter 'I' of 'TOILET', the 'LADIES TOILET' was transformed into 'LADIES TO LET' in no time.
  7. (New Zealand) A small secondary lavatory having a toilet and sink but no bathtub or shower.
  8. (obsolete) A chamber pot.
  9. A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly those with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which use water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system. [from 19th c.]
    My toilet backed up. Now the bathroom's flooded.
  10. (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place. [from 20th c.]
    • 1982, The Mosquito Coast:
      Look around you. It's a toilet.

Usage notes

In present use, toilet refers most directly to fixtures for containing or removing human waste. As such, although toilet was originally a euphemism itself, its use to describe the place where the toilets are located (e.g., "Where is the toilet?") is now considered somewhat indiscreet; instead, it is more common to employ other euphemisms such as bathroom, restroom, or WC.

Until the late 19th century, toilet referred solely to personal grooming, including bathing and hair care. This still appears in toiletries and in various set phrases, such as toilet water and toilet bag. This use is sometimes understood as a new borrowing from French, despite being the older sense of the English word. Medical jargon also includes some set phrases such as “pulmonary toilet” and “toilet of the mouth”.

Synonyms

  • (room for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:bathroom
  • (NZ, small room for urination and defecation): half bath, half bathroom (US); cloakroom (UK)
  • (pot used for urination and defecation): Thesaurus:chamber pot
  • (fixture for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:toilet
  • (in a nautical context): See head (item 4.1.4)

Hyponyms

  • (fixture for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:toilet

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: ?????, ???

Translations

Verb

toilet (third-person singular simple present toilets, present participle toileting, simple past and past participle toileted)

  1. (dated) To dress and groom oneself.
  2. To use the toilet.
  3. To assist another (a child, etc.) in using the toilet.

References


Anagrams

  • Lottie, litote

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French toilette (small cloth) diminutive of toile (cloth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toal?t/, [t?oa?l?d?] or IPA(key): /t?il?t/, [t??i?l?d?]

Noun

toilet n (singular definite toilettet, plural indefinite toiletter)

  1. toilet (room containing lavatory); men's room, ladies' room
  2. toilet (lavatory)

Inflection

Synonyms

  • wc

Derived terms

Related terms

  • grande toilette
  • gøre toilette
  • toilette

Further reading

  • toilet on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French toilette (small cloth), from Middle French toilette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?a??l?t/
  • Hyphenation: toi?let
  • Rhymes: -?t

Noun

toilet n (plural toiletten, diminutive toiletje n)

  1. toilet (room containing lavatory); men's room, ladies' room
    Synonyms: privaat, wc
  2. toilet (lavatory)
    Synonym: wc
  3. personal grooming

Derived terms

  • toiletbril
  • toilethok
  • toiletjuffrouw
  • toiletpapier
  • toilettas

Descendants

  • ? Indonesian: toilet

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch toilet, from French toilette (small cloth) diminutive of toile (cloth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?toi?.l?t?/
  • Hyphenation: toilèt

Noun

toilèt (first-person possessive toiletku, second-person possessive toiletmu, third-person possessive toiletnya)

  1. toilet (personal grooming).
  2. toilet, room used for urination and defecation.
  3. toilet, fixture used for urination and defecation.
    Synonyms: jamban, kakus, peturasan, tandas, WC

Further reading

  • “toilet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English toilet.

Noun

toilet

  1. toilet

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