1. The act of washing yourself (or another person)
   "The children's evening routine always included a thorough washup before bedtime";
   - bathing, wash-up
    
2. The act of washing dishes
   "After the big dinner party, washup took over an hour";
   - dishwashing, wash-up
    
3. [informal] A final review, summary or follow-up discussion
   "Let's do a washup of the project before we close the books";
   - wash-up [informal]

1. [N. Amer] Wash one's face and hands
   "Wash up hands & bathrooms well after vomiting or diarrhoea";
   - lave
    
2. [Brit] Wash dishes
   "I cook and my husband washes up after dinner";
   - do the dishes
    
3. Be carried somewhere by water or as if by water
   "The body washed up on the beach"
    
4. Wear out completely
   "He was all washed up after the exam";
   - exhaust, beat [informal], tucker [N. Amer, informal], tucker out [N. Amer, informal]
    
5. [informal] Appear or arrive unexpectedly
   "An old friend washed up on my doorstep"

Derived forms: wash-ups, washing up, washups, washes up, washed up

Type of: appear, clean, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, fag [informal], fag out [Brit, informal], fatigue, freshen, freshen up, jade, knacker [Brit, informal], lavation [archaic], outwear, refresh, refreshen [rare], tire, tire out, wash, washing, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary

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