WASHUP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of washing yourself (or another person)

Synonyms:

bathing; washup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("washup" is a kind of...):

cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)

lavation; wash; washing (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "washup"):

shower; shower bath (washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle)

bath (a soaking and washing in a bathtub)

sponge bath (you wash your body with a sponge or washcloth instead of in a bathtub)

steam bath; Turkish bath; vapor bath; vapour bath (you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower)

Derivation:

wash up (wash one's face and hands)