Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

wash up

verb

Forms washes up washing up washed up

verb (UK, ambitransitive) To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal. “You wash up tonight and I'll dry.”
verb (US, intransitive) To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes. “Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash up.”
verb (transitive, of water) To carry (an object) to land. “The tide washes up a lot of driftwood.”
verb (intransitive) To be carried by water to land. “Some dangerous chemicals washed up on the beach.”
verb (intransitive, by extension) To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere.
verb (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To beat up (someone).

Synonyms

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “wash up”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details