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Definition: Washed-up |
Washed-upAdjective1. Doomed to extinction. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Washed-upSynonyms: done for(p) (adj), ruined (adj), sunk (adj), undone (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Is the dried-out, washed-up has-been having a moment? (I Know What You Did Last Summer; writing credit: Kevin Williamson) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Washed-up" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Washed-up" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "washed-up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 洗涤 (Cleanse, Cleansed, Cleansing, Laundered, laundering, Wash, Washed, washed-out, washing-up). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 세척하ëŠ" 위로. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ashed-upway | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Washed-up" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Wahidul. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-p-s-u-w" | |
-1 letter: pshawed. | |
-2 letters: hasped, pashed, paused, phased, pushed, shaped, shawed, washed, washup, whaups. | |
-3 letters: ashed, deash, dupes, ephas, hades, hawed, hawse, heads, heaps, pause, pawed, phase, pseud, pshaw, sadhe, sadhu, sawed, shade, shape, spade, spaed, spued, wades, whaps, whaup. | |
-4 letters: aped, apes, apse, awed, awes, dahs, daps, dash, daws, dews, dues, dupe, dups, edhs, epha. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 73 68 65 64 2D 75 70 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100001 01110011 01101000 01100101 01100100 00101101 01110101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W a s h e d - u p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0061 0073 0068 0065 0064 002D 0075 0070 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)576785747170158782 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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