Machine wash (original) (raw)

Pronunciation (US):		(GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they machine wash ... he / she / it machine washes

Past simple: machine washed

Past participle: machine washed

-ing form: machine washing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wash by machine

Example:

Can these shirts be machine-washed?

Synonyms:

machine-wash; machine wash

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "machine wash" is one way to...):

launder; wash (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They machine wash the cape

Antonym:

handwash (wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine)

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