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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (7)

1. prevent or interrupt due to rain;
- Example: "The storm had washed out the game"
[syn: rain out, wash out]

2. wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt;
- Example: "Wash out your dirty shirt in the sink"

3. wear or destroy by the force of water;
- Example: "The hail storms had washed out the bridges"

4. remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent;
- Example: "he washed the dirt from his coat"
- Example: "The nurse washed away the blood"
- Example: "Can you wash away the spots on the windows?"
- Example: "he managed to wash out the stains"
[syn: wash, wash out, wash off, wash away]

5. deplete of strength or vitality;
- Example: "The illness washed her out"

6. drain off the color in the course of laundering;
- Example: "The harsh soap washed out the delicate blouse"

7. lose color in the process of being washed;
- Example: "The expensive shirt washed out in the German washing machine"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wash out \Wash out\, v. i. & t.
   1. to be removed by washing; -- of spots and stains,
      especially on clothing.
      [PJC]

   2. to be removed, broken, or destroyed by the action of
      flowing water; as, the bridge was washed out by the flood.
      [PJC]

   3. to fail in a course of study or training, especially to
      leave before completion of the course.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wash out
    v 1: prevent or interrupt due to rain; "The storm had washed out
         the game" [syn: rain out, wash out]
    2: wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt; "Wash out
       your dirty shirt in the sink"
    3: wear or destroy by the force of water; "The hail storms had
       washed out the bridges"
    4: 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" [syn: wash, wash out, wash off, wash away]
    5: deplete of strength or vitality; "The illness washed her out"
    6: drain off the color in the course of laundering; "The harsh
       soap washed out the delicate blouse"
    7: lose color in the process of being washed; "The expensive
       shirt washed out in the German washing machine"


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, whiten