View synonyms for wash out

wash out

verb

tr to wash (the inside of something) so as to remove (dirt)
Alsowash off to remove or be removed by washing
grass stains don't wash out easily
tr to cancel or abandon (a sporting event)

geology
1. erosion of the earth's surface by the action of running water
2. a narrow channel produced by this erosion
informal.
1. a total failure or disaster
2. an incompetent person
a sporting or social event that is cancelled due to rain
aeronautics a decrease in the angle of attack of an aircraft wing towards the wing tip

And the toxin, which sits in the synapses between neurons, can take weeks to wash out.

While graduate students who wash out have less debt than law graduates, they have also used up a lot more valuable years.

Can a candidate repeatedly wash out in debates and still win a presidential nomination?

As soon as the stain has disappeared, wash out the linen immediately, as it will be injured if the mixture is left in it.

It takes a full day to lug enough water up to the canyon levels to wash out a pan of gravel.

At night the water of the stream was allowed to run through this channel, and wash out the gravel and sand.

In order to convert the ores into metals, some of them are first reduced to powder, to wash out the earthy or saline particles.

He had wronged them: and time alone will suffice to wash out the ever-present remembrance of such wrongs.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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