[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/washed/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) / washed # washed verb, past form of wash (wash, washes, washed, washing); adjective «washed» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Washed means made clean with water, often with soap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#m1) 2. Washed means carried along by water or waves, as in washed away or washed up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#m2) 3. Washed out means pale and tired, or (of a game) cancelled because of rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#m3) 4. Washed up (informal) means no longer successful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#m4) ### In the lessons In hygiene lessons, washed hands have been rubbed with soap and water for about twenty seconds. In food safety, fruit and vegetables should be washed before eating. In geography and science, things washed up on the beach are brought by waves; floods can wash away roads and soil (erosion). Phrases: washed your hands, washed up on the beach, washed away, washed out, freshly washed. ### Examples - Have you washed your hands? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#x1) - I washed the dishes after tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#x2) - The fruit was washed before we ate it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#x3) - A dead jellyfish was washed up on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#x4) - The flood washed away the bridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#x5) - Our match was washed out by the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#x6) - She looked pale and washed out after being ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#x7) - The waves washed it up on shore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/#x8) ### Note Pronounced with one syllable: "wosht". "Washed up" for dishes in British English means the dishes were cleaned. In science, rain washing soil away is called erosion. ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah it often means ritually cleansed, as when Moses washed Aaron and his sons to make them priests. In the Psalms "washed my hands in innocency" means keeping oneself free of wrongdoing, and in the Song of Songs it describes bathing feet and eyes "washed with milk." **Interpretation.** The washing of Aaron and his sons was part of their ordination. Tradition also links it with the immersion in a mikveh for purity. The Song of Songs is read as a love song between God and Israel. ### Examples - And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. (Torah LEV.8.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/washed/#x1) - And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said: 'Set on bread.' (Torah GEN.43.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/washed/#x2) - And he washed the inwards and the legs, and made them smoke upon the burnt-offering on the altar. (Torah LEV.9.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/washed/#x3) - I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? (Writings SNG.5.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/washed/#x4) - Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency; (Writings PSA.73.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/washed/#x5) - His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set. (Writings SNG.5.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/washed/#x6) ### Note Pronounced with one syllable: "wosht". "Washed up" for dishes in British English means the dishes were cleaned. In science, rain washing soil away is called erosion. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «washed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/washed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«washed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/washed.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «washed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/washed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«washed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/washed.html) on Mova free.