"wash out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: washes out [present, singular, third-person], washing out [participle, present], washed out [participle, past], washed out [past]
Etymology: From wash + out. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wash|out}} wash + out Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wash out (third-person singular simple present washes out, present participle washing out, simple past and past participle washed out)
  1. To wash the inside of something. Derived forms: washout, wash-out
    Sense id: en-wash_out-en-verb-zA8BwIun Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 2 25 11 23 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 22 4 4 24 16 21 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 3 2 25 13 23 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 2 2 25 15 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 19 3 6 24 16 22 9
  2. To remove something by washing. Translations (to remove something by washing): გამორეცხავს (gamorecxavs) (Georgian), გამოირეცხება (gamoirecxeba) (Georgian), abluō (Latin), ēluō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-wash_out-en-verb-VhlPvWEa Disambiguation of 'to remove something by washing': 2 77 16 2 1 2 1
  3. To be removed by washing.
    Sense id: en-wash_out-en-verb-59SCfp3y
  4. (idiomatic) To wear away by the flow of water; to erode. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-wash_out-en-verb-7a9hMNlY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 2 25 11 23 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 22 4 4 24 16 21 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 3 3 40 12 16 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 3 2 25 13 23 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 2 2 25 15 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 19 3 6 24 16 22 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 3 3 32 17 18 9
  5. (idiomatic) To cancel due to bad weather. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: rain off
    Sense id: en-wash_out-en-verb-hQSGkDti Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 2 25 11 23 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 22 4 4 24 16 21 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 3 2 25 13 23 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 2 2 25 15 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 19 3 6 24 16 22 9
  6. (idiomatic) To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-wash_out-en-verb-YFrCxX4Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 2 25 11 23 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 22 4 4 24 16 21 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 3 2 25 13 23 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 2 2 25 15 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 19 3 6 24 16 22 9
  7. To fail utterly at something one has attempted.
    Sense id: en-wash_out-en-verb-Jrr-bvCl

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1952 February, J Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 83:",
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      "word": "გამორეცხავს"
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}

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