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MACHINE WASH
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they machine wash ... he / she / it machine washes
Past simple: machine washed
Past participle: machine washed
-ing form: machine washing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wash by machine
Example:
Can these shirts be machine-washed?
Synonyms:
machine-wash; machine wash
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "machine 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 machine wash the cape
Antonym:
handwash (wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine)
