flop, dud, washout
(noun) someone who is unsuccessful
washout, wash
(noun) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); “from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water”
washout
(noun) the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; “it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
washout (plural washouts)
An appliance designed to wash something out.
(biology, medicine) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
(medicine) 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.
(meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.
The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
(informal) A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.
The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing
• outwash
Source: Wiktionary
Wash"out`, n.
Definition: The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
