rewash

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noun

The act of washing something again

“The car will need a rewash after the trip.”

OriginEnglish wash ← Middle English waschen ← Old English wascan →
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Meanings

nounrewash (plural rewashes)

plural rewashes

  1. The act of washing something again

    The car will need a rewash after the trip.

verbrewash (third-person singular simple present rewashes, present participle rewashing, simple past and past participle rewashed)

present singular third person rewashes · participle present rewashing · participle past rewashed · past rewashed

  1. To wash again

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wodsḱéti
  8. Proto-Germanic*waskaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*waskan
  10. Old Englishwascan
  11. Middle Englishwaschen
  12. Englishwash
  13. Englishrewash

From re- + wash.

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Translations

Italian rilavare
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

washerhawser
Cite this entry
APA

rewash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewash

MLA

“rewash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rewash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewash.

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