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underwash

underwash verb: to wash too little or too infrequently.

Verb

underwash (third-person singular simple present underwashes, present participle underwashing, simple past and past participle underwashed)

  1. (transitive) To wash too little or too infrequently.
  2. (transitive) To wash beneath.
    • Right on the beach was a mighty old cocoa-nut tree, the roots of which had been underwashed by the waves so that the trunk inclined far over its base.1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC

Forms of underwash

third-person singular presentunderwashes
present participleunderwashing
past participleunderwashed
pastunderwashed

Origin of underwash

From under- + wash.

Questions about underwash

What does underwash mean?
Underwash means to wash too little or too infrequently.
What part of speech is underwash?
Underwash is a verb.
What is the past tense of underwash?
The past tense of underwash is underwashed.

Words near underwash in the dictionary

  1. underware
  2. underwarm
  3. underwarmed
  4. underwarming
  5. underwarms
  6. underwash
  7. underwashed
  8. underwashes
  9. underwashing
  10. underwater
  11. underwater basket weaving

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