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.
rewash
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a word derived from
wash.
Example Sentences
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There’s no need to rewash greens or other items that say “pre-washed” on the package.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
Promoted to mess manager, he once kept the kitchen gang overtime to rewash greasy dishes.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I just wish the plant supervisors had their own initiative, without inspectors telling them to pick up the chicken and rewash it."
From Time Magazine Archive
She made me rewash the breakfast dishes with near boiling water and complained that I left too much dirt behind when I swept.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Then they again crush the large grains of ore, and wash and rewash it, until, having passed through the said basins, what remains at last is entirely useless.
