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to rewash

to rewash

1 1.6
To wash something again because it is not clean
  • verb
  • /riːˈwɔːʃ/
translation icon : lavar de nuevo
  • It would have been my pleasure to have made Ryan rewash every single kitchen utensil in that facility until it met full sanitation regulation standards and shone like the top of the Chrysler Building.

Examples

  • I would then rewash the Kodalith negative in cold running water and hang it up to dry.

    Academic text (1996)

  • I went on running the water in the sink, rewashing the same plate over and over, holding my breath.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • All of this will have to be rewashed.

    My Bloody Valentine (1981)

  • Rosella keeps rewashing your shirts so she has something to do.

    Regarding Henry (1991)

  • The old Derek would've rewashed everything.

    Patient Killer (2015)

  • The emulsion may not withstand rewashing intact.

    Blog text (24)

  • So before I had to rewash my duvet and put on the three other massive loads I had waiting, I had to stop and give my washing machine a little TLC.

    Blog text (30)

  • "Newsflash: Ryan and family rewashes clean pans to create a misleading photo op!

    Blog text (1)

  • If somehow you get too much into a load and your white clothes turn a little blue, it can be removed by rewashing the stained items with some regular ammonia in the wash.

    Blog text (18)

  • After accidentally spilling coffee on my shirt, I had to rewash it to get rid of the stain.

Synonyms

to reclean
vsto rewash
3.3

To clean something again after someone cleaned it

is used when the first attempt left it dirty so it needs another wash

How Clean

to sanitize
  • US
11 3.7
to scrub
55 1.0
to rewash
1 1.6
to wash
941 1.0
to rinse
83 1.0

Surface Forms

rewash infinitive
rewashed past
rewashed past participle
rewashing present participle
rewashes third person singular

Morphology

rewash = wash (transparent) = re + wash

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of the action denoted by 'wash'.

Etymology

Rewash comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and wash meaning 'to clean with water', so to rewash something is to wash it again when the first cleaning did not remove dirt or stains.