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ACID-WASH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wash with acid so as to achieve a bleached look

Example:

acid-wash blue jeans

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "acid-wash" is one way to...):

launder; wash (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They acid-wash the cape

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