Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to potash
Participle: potashed
Gerund: potashing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | potash |
| you | potash |
| he;she;it | potashes |
| we | potash |
| you | potash |
| they | potash |
Perfect
| I | have potashed |
| you | have potashed |
| he;she;it | has potashed |
| we | have potashed |
| you | have potashed |
| they | have potashed |
Past
| I | potashed |
| you | potashed |
| he;she;it | potashed |
| we | potashed |
| you | potashed |
| they | potashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had potashed |
| you | had potashed |
| he;she;it | had potashed |
| we | had potashed |
| you | had potashed |
| they | had potashed |
Future
| I | will potash |
| you | will potash |
| he;she;it | will potash |
| we | will potash |
| you | will potash |
| they | will potash |
Future Perfect
| I | will have potashed |
| you | will have potashed |
| he;she;it | will have potashed |
| we | will have potashed |
| you | will have potashed |
| they | will have potashed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | potash |
| you | potash |
| he;she;it | potash |
| we | potash |
| you | potash |
| they | potash |
Perfect
| I | have potashed |
| you | have potashed |
| he;she;it | have potashed |
| we | have potashed |
| you | have potashed |
| they | have potashed |
Imperfect
| I | potashed |
| you | potashed |
| he;she;it | potashed |
| we | potashed |
| you | potashed |
| they | potashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had potashed |
| you | had potashed |
| he;she;it | had potashed |
| we | had potashed |
| you | had potashed |
| they | had potashed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would potash |
| you | would potash |
| he;she;it | would potash |
| we | would potash |
| you | would potash |
| they | would potash |
Perfect
| I | would have potashed |
| you | would have potashed |
| he;she;it | would have potashed |
| we | would have potashed |
| you | would have potashed |
| they | would have potashed |
Imperative
| you | potash |
| we | Let's potash |
| you | potash |
Verbs conjugated like 'potash'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'potash'
cowash,
pash,
plash,
poach,
poast,
polish,
potch,
stash,
todash,
tolash,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From pot + ash, because the substance was originally obtained by leaching ash in water and then boiling down the resulting solution in a pot. Compare Dutch potas, German Pottasche.
Sample Sentences
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In order to ascertain the difference between the rapidity of pickling when the tin frames had been potashed and pickling without such treatment, two batches were used. [1910, Platers' Guide: With which is Combined Brass World:]
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Gold ornaments are sand blasted or steel brushed nicely, then potashed, [1915, Metal Finishing: Preparation, Electroplating, Coating:]
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After removal from a worker bee they should be potashed in ten percent potassium hydroxide, washed, dehydrated, cleared, and mounted. [1953, Nature Magazine, page 223:]
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For the extraction of the internal sclerites the aedeagus was potashed in cold saturated KOH solution for several hours and transferred to a vial of distilled water. [2003, Senckenbergiana biologica, page 136:]