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wash out

verb

1 wash out

Prevent or interrupt due to rain.

synonym: rain out.

Roget 429: lose color etc. 428; fade, fly, go; become colorless etc. adj.; turn pale, pale.    deprive of color, decolorize, bleach, ... show more

Roget 552: efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, ... show more

Dutch: verregenen

2 wash out

Wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt.

Dutch: doorspoelen

3 wash out

Wear or destroy by the force of water.

4 wash out

Remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent:
— He managed to wash out the stains.

synonyms: wash, wash away, wash off.

Dutch: wegspoelen

5 wash out

Deplete of strength or vitality.

6 wash out

Drain off the color in the course of laundering.

7 wash out

Lose color in the process of being washed.


Moby thesaurus: achromatize, baptize, bath, bathe, blanch, bleach, bust, cashier, cast, decolor, decolorize, dim, discolor, douche, drain, drain of color, dull, etiolate, fade, fail ... show more.

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