Overview of noun washing-up

The noun washing-up has 1 sense

• washing-up -- (the washing of dishes etc after a meal)

Overview of verb wash-up

The verb wash up has 5 senses

• wash up, lave -- (wash one's face and hands; "She freshened up in the bathroom")


• wash up -- (carry somewhere (of water or current or waves); "The tide washed up the corpse")


• wash up, do the dishes -- (wash dishes; "I cook and my husband washes up after dinner")


• wash up -- (be carried somewhere by water or as if by water; "The body washed up on the beach")


• exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out -- (wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam")