Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
English: wash, launder
membasuhBahasa Indonesia
wash, lave, clean, cleanse, lap
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#11,731 of the corpus · 5 per million words · 21,515 occurrences
From basuh (meN-) · rare, #24,313
Verb
Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
English: wash, lave
Bahasa: mencuci, memandikan, kumbah, mengumbah
Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
English: cleanse, clean
Bahasa: membersihkan, mencuci, menyucikan, mengeruk, menggosokkan, menyiang, membeningkan
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7 more verb senses
Wash or flow against
English: lave, lap, wash
Bahasa: mencuci, basuh, mengumbah
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Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
English: wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
Bahasa: mencuci, hanyut, melarungkan, mengumbah
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Wash with water
English: water-wash
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Clean with some chemical process
English: wash, rinse
Bahasa: mencuci, membilas, menggilas, bergurah, mengumbah
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Separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
English: wash
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Apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
English: wash
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To cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
English: wash
Bahasa: mencuci, memandikan, basuh
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Noun
The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
English: wash, washing, lavation
Bahasa: pencucian, basuh, pembasuhan
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