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wash off

wash off verb: to remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive, ditransitive) To remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.
    • I'm trying to wash off this equipment.
    • I'm trying to wash off all this mud.

wash off meaning in Sanskrit

wash off in Sanskrit

to wash off, wash away, rinse
प्रक्षल् prakṣal

Examples of wash off in a sentence

  • I hope this mud will wash off without too much scrubbing.
  • The dirt should wash off easily.

Forms of wash off

third-person singular presentwashes off
present participlewashing off
past participlewashed off
pastwashed off

Questions about wash off

What does wash off mean?
Wash off means to remove (or be removed) by washing; to clean off (dirt or the thing that it is besmirching) by washing.
What is wash off in Sanskrit?
Wash off in Sanskrit is प्रक्षल् (prakṣal). See Wash off meaning in Sanskrit.
How do you use wash off in a sentence?
I hope this mud will wash off without too much scrubbing.
What part of speech is wash off?
Wash off is a verb.
What is the past tense of wash off?
The past tense of wash off is washed off.

Words near wash off in the dictionary

  1. wash leathers
  2. wash line
  3. wash lines
  4. wash machine
  5. wash machines
  6. wash off
  7. wash one's brain out with soap
  8. wash one's dirty laundry in public
  9. wash one's dirty linen in public
  10. wash one's elbows
  11. wash one's hands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wash off (page history and authors); प्रक्षल् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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