May 24, 2015 · Each year as much as 150,000 tons of plastic debris, most notably styrofoam, washes up on the shores of Japan. What does washes up mean?

May 11, 2019 · 0 Please wash up before you eat. I'm going to wash up before dinner. Normally used for cleaning hands and perhaps face. Something done somewhat quickly at the sink. So I …

Jul 10, 2020 · When you are "on shore" you have disembarked from the boat and are on land which might or might not be its shore. The washed up rubbish really is on the shore of the …

The dictionary says that laundry is a synonym of washing, but when I look for washing, it says that washing is used to mean "clothes, sheets, etc. that are waiting to be washed, being washed or …

Dec 12, 2024 · Certainly, in context, I and others would be likely to say "The shirt is washed," or more specifically, "That shirt was washed." Imagine a situation where someone is about to put …

Apr 26, 2019 · If one says "pick up the cleaning", does this mean "go to the laundry and pick up the clothes that have already been washed and dried"? I didn't find such a meaning of "the …

There, the breakage occurred during a washing. She broke the dishes when she washed them. There, the breakage is said to have taken place at the time of their being washed by her. The …

Oct 22, 2020 · Lave? Was there a thesaurus competition that I missed? How about the waves washed against the shore? Or simply The waves washed the shore. Washing waves wash in …

The direct article ("the") is used for something known to both the speaker/writer and the listener/reader. In this context, "the" strongly implies the standard tasks associated with …

Mar 23, 2018 · Another thing to note is that the phrase 'wash up' is not used with an object. "I washed up the vegetables" is not grammatically correct, it should be "I washed the …