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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