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Definition of washout in English: washoutnounˈwɒʃaʊt 1informal An event or period that is spoiled by constant or heavy rain. last summer was a bit of a washout here what had looked in the grey morning to be a washout turned into a great day as modifier the washout summer has hit trade Example sentencesExamples - If we'd had a more settled weekend, no doubt the numbers would have been higher, but we certainly didn't have a washout.
- After a washout on Wednesday, the queue down Church Road was encouragingly huge and inside the All England Club players were hurrying to the practice courts.
- The Hack and I recently took an overnight trip to the Grampians which ended up being a washout.
- But the rain came down again, leading to two further washouts, and the players christened the game the Match that Refused to Die.
- Yesterday was a bit of a washout - it rained on and off most of the day so I spent my time in museums.
- And the odds are stacked in favour of a washout next week, too.
- Norths and Easts were forced to endure their second washout in three weeks and will be keen to get some game time in coming weeks.
- The washout heightened expectations for the five-match series against the world's top-ranked teams starting at Wellington tomorrow.
- The Glenpark side are one of several teams whose campaign has thus far been blighted by a total washout.
- The only thing that was a washout was the Torchlight Procession planned for Sunday evening, which had to be cancelled because of the weather.
- The vagaries of the British weather render many summer song spectaculars a washout.
- After all, there are no guarantees that a summer wedding in the middle of June won't be a washout.
- But those hopes were scuppered by Friday's torrential rain which also made Saturday a total washout, and even prevented any play until after lunch yesterday.
- But now, after four wins and a washout in their last five games, they have climbed from seventh to fifth, and have overtaken England in the process.
- We then went on to Sri Lanka where the one-day part of the tour was virtually a washout and it meant I played very little cricket at all.
- Through no fault of the organisers, last year's River Festival was a total washout, with torrential rain and flooding.
- But far from being a washout, the fun continued with revellers and entertainers singing and dancing in the rain.
- We didn't lose a single Test, and but for two terrible washouts we might have won 6-0.
- 1.1 A disappointing failure.
the film was branded a colossal washout Example sentencesExamples - But when it comes to human relations, he's a washout.
- Fortunately, the duo's shining moments - even if they occasionally seem accidental - emerge with just enough frequency to justify the prudent skipping of the album's outright washouts.
- This series will be neither a washout nor a classic - about as good as the last one.
- But he suffered several injuries, and his year was a washout.
- Last season was a washout because of injuries (right hand and thumb).
- There will be a day when some nice fish are caught, but the next day, in the same place, it will be a near washout.
- The spring rolls are actually pretty good, but the tamarind dipping sauce is a washout.
- I was able to get a lot of reading done last week because television, outside the final episode of The Sopranos, was a washout.
- New Years was a bit if a washout, which was a bit of a shame.
- The truth is, when it comes to high school draft picks, there are many more successes than washouts.
- What others might call a washout was exactly what she wanted.
- To prospective employers, let me say that I'd be willing to fail for a fraction of the cost of other corporate washouts.
- I wouldn't say that the band is actually a washout, or even really that bad, but listening to all of their best hits back-to-back makes you realize just how little they experimented with their sound.
- He may be charming but he is willful, thoroughly spoiled and a washout in politics.
- The first trip was a real washout with the river actually being in the farmers' field in most places.
Synonyms failure, disappointment, let-down, loser, non-achiever, ne'er-do-well fiasco, setback, blow, misfortune, disaster, catastrophe, mess, debacle, damp squib informal flop, dud, non-starter, no-hoper, lead balloon, fail North American clinker
2A breach in a road or railway track caused by flooding. chores like repairing washouts in the gravel access road Example sentencesExamples - The railway went through some of Australia's most desolate and flood prone country, often suffering washouts with passengers marooned for several days.
- There were washouts, hairpin turns, all kinds of logistical problems, food problems, and fuel problems, but it was a great adventure.
- It was conceivable the washout could have occurred only an hour before the boys drove down the track.
- There were three days of waiting at Port Augusta due to a washout further up the line.
- So far this year, we've gotten the construction completed on the Weiskopf layout before the rains hit, but there's been a few washouts.
- Especially if you're a hiker, for whom the after effects of the resultant washouts, debris flows, landslides and more mean that this summer's range of destinations won't be quite the same.
- Freezing temperatures, blowing snow, landslides and washouts all keep the maintenance of way crews busy on the pass.
- The railway was plagued early on by frequent landslides and washouts, especially during the severe rainy season of 1979.
- You also want to be sure you don't set up your trailer and the generator in an area that might be subject to washouts or runoff from a slope.
- The result is an oxymoron: a mountainous minimalist design, where ridge lines tumbling off mountain flanks are carried through as fairway contours and washouts serve as hazards and even bunkers.
- There were burned trees felled along the way and six foot deep washouts.
- The washout was caused by heavy rains on Thursday but did not become apparent until the Des Moines track started to dry out on Friday afternoon.
- It can wheel through thick mud and washouts without getting stuck and without leaving behind big ruts.
- What had actually happened was that she had encountered an unseen, unmarked washout across the road more than three feet wide.
- This is the Dairy State, after all, and milk is money; washouts, deep mud, and other excuses for missing the daily udder-to-market runs are unacceptable to farmfolk.
- 2.1Geology A channel cut into a sedimentary deposit by rushing water and filled with younger material.
3Medicine The removal of material or a substance from the body or a part of it, especially by washing with a fluid. Example sentencesExamples - Two developed postoperative infection one of which required bilateral antral washout, the other settled with medical treatment.
- The severity of this interaction necessitates a five-week washout when switching a patient from fluoxetine to an MAOI to allow complete elimination of the fluoxetine.
- She returned to the operating room 5 times for washouts of her open abdomen within the first week after admission.
- Arthroscopic debridement and washout has a role as a temporising procedure in early osteoarthritis associated with mechanical symptoms.
- The abdomen was left open to allow for additional debridements and washouts of necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall.
Definition of washout in US English: washoutnoun 1informal An event or period that is spoiled by constant or heavy rain. last summer was a bit of a washout here what had looked in the gray morning to be a washout turned into a great day Example sentencesExamples - After all, there are no guarantees that a summer wedding in the middle of June won't be a washout.
- The only thing that was a washout was the Torchlight Procession planned for Sunday evening, which had to be cancelled because of the weather.
- After a washout on Wednesday, the queue down Church Road was encouragingly huge and inside the All England Club players were hurrying to the practice courts.
- If we'd had a more settled weekend, no doubt the numbers would have been higher, but we certainly didn't have a washout.
- But now, after four wins and a washout in their last five games, they have climbed from seventh to fifth, and have overtaken England in the process.
- Through no fault of the organisers, last year's River Festival was a total washout, with torrential rain and flooding.
- We didn't lose a single Test, and but for two terrible washouts we might have won 6-0.
- But far from being a washout, the fun continued with revellers and entertainers singing and dancing in the rain.
- But the rain came down again, leading to two further washouts, and the players christened the game the Match that Refused to Die.
- The washout heightened expectations for the five-match series against the world's top-ranked teams starting at Wellington tomorrow.
- The Hack and I recently took an overnight trip to the Grampians which ended up being a washout.
- The Glenpark side are one of several teams whose campaign has thus far been blighted by a total washout.
- We then went on to Sri Lanka where the one-day part of the tour was virtually a washout and it meant I played very little cricket at all.
- And the odds are stacked in favour of a washout next week, too.
- But those hopes were scuppered by Friday's torrential rain which also made Saturday a total washout, and even prevented any play until after lunch yesterday.
- The vagaries of the British weather render many summer song spectaculars a washout.
- Yesterday was a bit of a washout - it rained on and off most of the day so I spent my time in museums.
- Norths and Easts were forced to endure their second washout in three weeks and will be keen to get some game time in coming weeks.
- 1.1 A disappointing failure.
Example sentencesExamples - This series will be neither a washout nor a classic - about as good as the last one.
- To prospective employers, let me say that I'd be willing to fail for a fraction of the cost of other corporate washouts.
- The spring rolls are actually pretty good, but the tamarind dipping sauce is a washout.
- I wouldn't say that the band is actually a washout, or even really that bad, but listening to all of their best hits back-to-back makes you realize just how little they experimented with their sound.
- The first trip was a real washout with the river actually being in the farmers' field in most places.
- The truth is, when it comes to high school draft picks, there are many more successes than washouts.
- New Years was a bit if a washout, which was a bit of a shame.
- Last season was a washout because of injuries (right hand and thumb).
- I was able to get a lot of reading done last week because television, outside the final episode of The Sopranos, was a washout.
- He may be charming but he is willful, thoroughly spoiled and a washout in politics.
- But when it comes to human relations, he's a washout.
- Fortunately, the duo's shining moments - even if they occasionally seem accidental - emerge with just enough frequency to justify the prudent skipping of the album's outright washouts.
- What others might call a washout was exactly what she wanted.
- But he suffered several injuries, and his year was a washout.
- There will be a day when some nice fish are caught, but the next day, in the same place, it will be a near washout.
Synonyms failure, disappointment, let-down, loser, non-achiever, ne'er-do-well
2A breach in a road or railroad track caused by flooding. chores like repairing washouts in the gravel access road Example sentencesExamples - Especially if you're a hiker, for whom the after effects of the resultant washouts, debris flows, landslides and more mean that this summer's range of destinations won't be quite the same.
- There were three days of waiting at Port Augusta due to a washout further up the line.
- You also want to be sure you don't set up your trailer and the generator in an area that might be subject to washouts or runoff from a slope.
- There were burned trees felled along the way and six foot deep washouts.
- Freezing temperatures, blowing snow, landslides and washouts all keep the maintenance of way crews busy on the pass.
- The railway was plagued early on by frequent landslides and washouts, especially during the severe rainy season of 1979.
- The railway went through some of Australia's most desolate and flood prone country, often suffering washouts with passengers marooned for several days.
- This is the Dairy State, after all, and milk is money; washouts, deep mud, and other excuses for missing the daily udder-to-market runs are unacceptable to farmfolk.
- It can wheel through thick mud and washouts without getting stuck and without leaving behind big ruts.
- The result is an oxymoron: a mountainous minimalist design, where ridge lines tumbling off mountain flanks are carried through as fairway contours and washouts serve as hazards and even bunkers.
- It was conceivable the washout could have occurred only an hour before the boys drove down the track.
- What had actually happened was that she had encountered an unseen, unmarked washout across the road more than three feet wide.
- So far this year, we've gotten the construction completed on the Weiskopf layout before the rains hit, but there's been a few washouts.
- There were washouts, hairpin turns, all kinds of logistical problems, food problems, and fuel problems, but it was a great adventure.
- The washout was caused by heavy rains on Thursday but did not become apparent until the Des Moines track started to dry out on Friday afternoon.
- 2.1Geology A channel cut into a sedimentary deposit by rushing water and filled with younger material.
3Medicine The removal of material or a substance from the body or a part of it, either by washing with a fluid, or by allowing it to be eliminated over a period. Example sentencesExamples - Arthroscopic debridement and washout has a role as a temporising procedure in early osteoarthritis associated with mechanical symptoms.
- The severity of this interaction necessitates a five-week washout when switching a patient from fluoxetine to an MAOI to allow complete elimination of the fluoxetine.
- The abdomen was left open to allow for additional debridements and washouts of necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall.
- She returned to the operating room 5 times for washouts of her open abdomen within the first week after admission.
- Two developed postoperative infection one of which required bilateral antral washout, the other settled with medical treatment.
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