Word Study
wash out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb wash out has 7 senses
- wash out(v = verb.social) rain out - prevent or interrupt due to rain; "The storm had washed out the game" is one way to keep, prevent
- wash out(v = verb.contact) Array - wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt; "Wash out your dirty shirt in the sink" is one way to launder, wash
- wash out(v = verb.contact) Array - wear or destroy by the force of water; "The hail storms had washed out the bridges" is one way to destroy, ruin
- wash out(v = verb.change) wash, wash away, wash off - remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent; "he washed the dirt from his coat"; "The nurse washed away the blood"; "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"; "he managed to wash out the stains" is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
- wash out(v = verb.change) Array - deplete of strength or vitality; "The illness washed her out" is one way to weaken
- wash out(v = verb.change) Array - drain off the color in the course of laundering; "The harsh soap washed out the delicate blouse" is one way to discolor
- wash out(v = verb.change) Array - lose color in the process of being washed; "The expensive shirt washed out in the German washing machine" is one way to discolor
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CIDE DICTIONARY
wash out, v. i. & t.
- to be removed by washing; -- of spots and stains, especially on clothing. [PJC]
- to be removed, broken, or destroyed by the action of flowing water; as, the bridge was washed out by the flood. [PJC]
- to fail in a course of study or training, especially to leave before completion of the course. [PJC]
THESAURUS
wash out
achromatize, baptize, bath, bathe, blanch, bleach, bust, cashier, cast, decolor, decolorize, dim, discolor, douche, drain, drain of color, dull, etiolate, fade, fail, flummox, flunk, flunk out, flush, flush out, fume, gargle, holystone, irrigate, jettison, junk, lather, launder, lave, mop, mop up, pale, peroxide, reject, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, scour, scrap, scrub, scrub up, shampoo, shed, shower, slough, sluice, sluice out, soap, sponge, swab, syringe, tarnish, throw away, toivel, tone down, tub, wash, wash up, whitenROGET THESAURUS
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Achromatism
VB lose color, fade, fly, go, become colorless, turn pale, pale, deprive of color, decolorize, bleach, tarnish, achromatize, blanch, etiolate, wash out, tone down.Obliteration
VB efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel, blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out, wipe off, rub off, wipe away, deface, render illegible, draw the pen through, apply the sponge, be effaced, leave no trace, leave not a rack behind.
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