wash
verb (used with object)
to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
is washing
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present progressiveof wash (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Most of those AI capabilities exist in the digital world, and many companies are trying to find more ways to bring AI into physical workspaces, whether it is washing dishes, delivering packages or building products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
His administration was cooperating fully with the federal authorities, he said, and insisted that "no one in Jalisco is washing their hands" of the case.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
What we don’t all love, though — and the task that is rarely if ever mentioned in aspirational food media — is washing dishes.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024
Outside the Beverly Hills Hotel, which houses the Polo Lounge, change is washing through moviedom with terrifying speed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2022
Their wealth is washing over the upper reaches of society as it did a century ago, bringing cultural and political clout as they take up positions on museum boards and organize presidential campaign fund-raising dinners.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
