[{"word":"wash-out","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An appliance designed to wash something out.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The cistern was fitted with washouts and air-valves."},{"definition":"The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a bladder washout"},{"definition":"A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"As an actor, he was a complete washout, so he went back to accounting."},{"definition":"A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wash-out","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/washout"]}]