to handwash
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3.0
- verb
- /ˈhændˌwɔʃ/
:
lavar a mano
- You should handwash.
Examples
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If the problem is she stinted on bras, then she can handwash those for a few months until the holidays, when (of course) they will count as one of her gifts.
Blog text (19) -
I put wooden utensils in the dishwasher now—and he handwashes our nice pots and pans.
Blog text (5) -
However, they're "we recommend that you handwash in order to keep it pretty looking.
Blog text (5) -
Girls and boys sang songs and dramatized the importance of handwashing at critical times such as after using the toilet and before eating, as well as washing one's head, feet, and body.
Academic text (2015) -
The method most often used by businesses surveyed to protect non-asbestos workers from those mechanics working with asbestos was handwashing.
Academic text (1994) -
I handwashed the saddle pads in a tub and hung them to dry on a line strung between walkway posts.
Fiction book (1996) -
Ask the women in those older traditional multi-generational farming communities how satisfied they felt at the end of the day after working all day in the barn or the fields and then having to feed a number of multi-generational mouths, handwash all linen, and scrub the floors clean.
Blog text (7) -
To keep the delicate fabric in good condition, I always handwash my silk blouses.
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She prefers to handwash her fine china instead of using the dishwasher.
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After a muddy hike, I had to handwash my shoes to remove the dirt.
Synonyms
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2.8
Wash something with your hands instead of in a machine
Antonyms
How Washed
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3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word handwash is made of hand ('by hand') and wash ('to clean'), so it literally means to clean something with your hands. So a handwash is when you wash clothes by hand and not in a washing machine, just like handmade means 'made by hand'.