wash – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of wash

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wash out
Participle: washed out
Gerund: washing out

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iwash out
youwash out
he;she;itwashs out
wewash out
youwash out
theywash out

Perfect

Ihave washed out; washen out
youhave washed out; washen out
he;she;ithas washed out; washen out
wehave washed out; washen out
youhave washed out; washen out
theyhave washed out; washen out

Past

Iwashed out
youwashed out
he;she;itwashed out
wewashed out
youwashed out
theywashed out

Pluperfect

Ihad washed out; washen out
youhad washed out; washen out
he;she;ithad washed out; washen out
wehad washed out; washen out
youhad washed out; washen out
theyhad washed out; washen out

Future

Iwill wash out
youwill wash out
he;she;itwill wash out
wewill wash out
youwill wash out
theywill wash out

Future Perfect

Iwill have washed out; washen out
youwill have washed out; washen out
he;she;itwill have washed out; washen out
wewill have washed out; washen out
youwill have washed out; washen out
theywill have washed out; washen out

Subjunctive

Present

Iwash out
youwash out
he;she;itwash out
wewash out
youwash out
theywash out

Perfect

Ihave washed out; washen out
youhave washed out; washen out
he;she;ithave washed out; washen out
wehave washed out; washen out
youhave washed out; washen out
theyhave washed out; washen out

Imperfect

Iwashed out
youwashed out
he;she;itwashed out
wewashed out
youwashed out
theywashed out

Pluperfect

Ihad washed out; washen out
youhad washed out; washen out
he;she;ithad washed out; washen out
wehad washed out; washen out
youhad washed out; washen out
theyhad washed out; washen out

Conditional

Present

Iwould wash out
youwould wash out
he;she;itwould wash out
wewould wash out
youwould wash out
theywould wash out

Perfect

Iwould have washed out; washen out
youwould have washed out; washen out
he;she;itwould have washed out; washen out
wewould have washed out; washen out
youwould have washed out; washen out
theywould have washed out; washen out

Imperative

youwash out
weLet's wash out
youwash out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam washing out
youare washing out
he;she;itis washing out
weare washing out
youare washing out
theyare washing out

Perfect

Ihave been washing out
youhave been washing out
he;she;ithas been washing out
wehave been washing out
youhave been washing out
theyhave been washing out

Past

Iwas washing out
youwere washing out
he;she;itwas washing out
wewere washing out
youwere washing out
theywere washing out

Pluperfect

Ihad been washing out
youhad been washing out
he;she;ithad been washing out
wehad been washing out
youhad been washing out
theyhad been washing out

Future

Iwill be washing out
youwill be washing out
he;she;itwill be washing out
wewill be washing out
youwill be washing out
theywill be washing out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been washing out
youwill have been washing out
he;she;itwill have been washing out
wewill have been washing out
youwill have been washing out
theywill have been washing out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be washing out
youwould be washing out
he;she;itwould be washing out
wewould be washing out
youwould be washing out
theywould be washing out

Perfect

Iwould have been washing out
youwould have been washing out
he;she;itwould have been washing out
wewould have been washing out
youwould have been washing out
theywould have been washing out

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'wash'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'wash'

ash, bash, cash, dash, fash, gash, hash, lash, mash, nash,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

clean
cleanse, launder, scrub, swab, lave, mob, rub
bathe
shower, soak, immerse, douse

Antonyms

clean
dirty, filthy, defiled, impure

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. wascan, wæscan, from P.Gmc. *watskanan (cf. O.N. vaska, M.Du. wasscen, Du. wassen, Ger. waschen), from stem *wat-, the source of water. Used mainly of clothes in O.E. (the principal verb for washing the body, dishes, etc. being þwean). Verbal phrase wash out "obliterate, cancel" is attested from 1580; hence colloquial sense of "to call off (an event) due to bad weather, etc.;" the noun sense of "disappointing failure" is recorded from 1902. Washed-out "faded" is from 1837; washed up is 1923 theater slang, from notion of washing up one's hands at the end of a job.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *wed-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
5. Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti
6. Proto-Germanic *waskaną
7. Proto-West Germanic *waskan
8. Old English wascan
9. Middle English wasshen
10. English wash
11. From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen (“to wash”), from Old English wascan (“to wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *waskan (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet, water”).
12. 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”), Faroese and Icelandic vaska (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Nynorsk vaske, vaska (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”).
13. The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaske (“wash”), West Frisian wask (“wash”), Dutch was (“wash”), Low German Wask, Waske (“wash”), German Wäsche (“wash”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish vask (“wash”). See: Old English 'wascan', Frisian, Saterlandic 'waaske', Dutch 'wassen', Low Saxon 'waschen', German, old spelling 'waschen', Danish 'vaske', Icelandic 'vaska', Norwegian 'vaske', Norwegian, nynorsk 'vaske', Swedish 'vaska', Frisian, Saterlandic 'Waaske'.

Verbs referencing "wash"

German, old spelling waschen, Sranan wasi, Danish vaske, Norwegian vaske, Cimbrian bèssan, Cebuano waswas, Luxembourgish wäschen, German, Pennsylvania wesche, Frisian, Saterlandic waaske, Alemannic German wäsche.

Sample Sentences

  • “ Get along wid ye ! ” said the mother, pushing away their woolly heads. “ Ye'll all stick together, and never get clar, if ye do dat fashion. Go long to de spring and wash yerselves ! ” she said, seconding her exhortations by a slap, which resounded very formidably, but which seemed only to knock out so much more laugh from the young ones, as they tumbled [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] good warm cloaks, and shawls; and were not above clogs and pattens. Moreover, there were places in the mill in which they could deposit these things without injury; and there were conveniences for washing. They were healthy in appearance, many of them remarkably so, and had the manners and deportment of young women: not of degraded brutes of burden. If I had seen in one of those mills (but I did [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] without going into the fresh air, that the atmosphere of the cabin is vile in the last degree. I huddle on my clothes, go down into the fore-cabin, get shaved by the barber, and wash myself. The washing and dressing apparatus for the passengers generally, consists of two jack-towels, three small wooden basins, a keg of water and a ladle to serve it out with, six square inches of looking-glass, two [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] left the last of them behind me in the person of a wretched drudge, who, after running to and fro all day till midnight, and moping in his stealthy winks of sleep upon the stairs betweenwhiles, was washing the dark passages at four o’clock in the morning; and went upon my way with a grateful heart that I was not doomed to live where slavery was, and had never had my senses blunted to its wrongs and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] will find curtains to his bed, for the first and probably the last time in America (this is a disinterested remark, for I never use them ); and where he will be likely to have enough water for washing himself, which is not at all a common case. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] 's face again, as if he were rendered uneasy by any suspension of the common business, and had nothing more to do with pleasurers. And still there is the same, eternal foreground. The river has washed away its banks, and stately trees have fallen down into the stream. Some have been there so long, that they are mere dry, grizzly skeletons. Some have just toppled over, and having earth yet about [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] his secret close, and did not court compassion—had had no sustenance whatever but the bones and scraps of fat he took from the plates used in the after-cabin dinner, when they were put out to be washed. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ O Lor, Missis, no; the towels was all a missin’—so I jest did it. I laid out to wash that a,—that's why I put it thar. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Here are two damask table-napkins. ” “ Them table-napkins I put thar, to get ’ em washed out, some day. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Don't you have some place here on purpose for things to be washed ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)