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machine wash

machine wash verb: to wash using a machine; especially, to wash (clothes) in a washing machine.

Verb

machine wash (third-person singular simple present machine washes, present participle machine washing, simple past and past participle machine washed)

  1. (transitive) To wash using a machine; especially, to wash (clothes) in a washing machine.

Noun

machine wash (plural machine washes)

  1. A wash in a washing machine (of clothing etc.)
    • This garment tolerates machine washes.

Forms of machine wash

Verb
third-person singular presentmachine washes
present participlemachine washing
past participlemachine washed
pastmachine washed
alternative formmachine-wash
Noun
pluralmachine washes

Questions about machine wash

What does machine wash mean?
Machine wash means to wash using a machine; especially, to wash (clothes) in a washing machine.
What part of speech is machine wash?
Machine wash can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of machine wash?
The past tense of machine wash is machine washed.

Words near machine wash in the dictionary

  1. machine that goes "ping"
  2. machine tool
  3. machine tools
  4. machine translation
  5. machine translations
  6. machine wash
  7. machine washable
  8. machine washed
  9. machine washes
  10. machine washing
  11. machine word

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