washout
IPA: wˈɑʃaʊt
noun
- An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.
- An appliance designed to wash out the inside of something.
- The erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; also, a channel produced by this action.
- (originally US, rail transport, road transport) A breach in a railway or road caused by flooding.
- (slang)
- A sporting fixture or other event that cannot be completed because of rain.
- An overwhelming victory; a landslide.
- A total failure; a disappointment.
- An unsuccessful person.
- (aviation)
- (aeronautics) The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.
- (Britain, air force slang) A destroyed aeroplane.
- (Britain, originally air force slang) A trainee who drops out of a training programme.
- (medicine)
- A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to be eliminated from a person's body before the second treatment begins.
- (also biology) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid; also, the fluid used for such cleaning; or the matter cleaned out from the system.
- (meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater cleans particles from the air.
- (mining) A place in a mine where ore has been washed away by a flow of water.
wash out
IPA: wˈɑʃˈaʊt
verb
- To wash the inside of something.
- To remove something by washing.
- To be removed by washing.
- (idiomatic) To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
- (idiomatic) To cancel due to bad weather.
- (idiomatic) To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.
wash-out
IPA: wˈɑʃˈaʊt
noun
- Alternative form of washout [An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.]
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Examples of "wash-out" in Sentences
- I don't believe it will be heavy or a wash-out, at least.
- All they needed was a “wash-out”—basically a power wash of the bullet holes—and a clean dressing.
- It turns out that the perfect star for situation A may turn out to be a wash-out in situation B, and vice versa.
- But it turns out that the perfect star for situation A may turn out to be a wash-out in situation B, and vice versa.
- Despite the grey – which seemed to have covered everything in a mildew of quiet – late summer had not been a wash-out as usual.
- Its wider viewing angle ensures that everyone in the room can catch each play without the wash-out often experienced with LCDs as you move away from straight-on viewing.
- Gasoline demand, not supply, may prove to be the casualty of Hurricane Irene, which promises a wash-out late summer weekend for 20% of Americans as it makes its way up the East Coast, analysts at J.P. Morgan said in a report.
- Seven people—one in Japan and six, including herself, in her local area—paid around $300 each to buy two forms of vitamin B and Centrum, which they took in two-week periods followed by two-week "wash-out" periods with no vitamins at all.
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