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Meanings of washout in English

Catalan
desastre
Spanish
desastre

Someone who is unsuccessful.

desastre

The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

Synonyms
Examples for "flop"
Examples for "flop"
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That said, I don't think Russia can afford a second high-profile flop.
Reuters
2
Indeed, the coelacanth, far from being a flop, is rather a success.
The Red Queen
3
However, the 3DO was a flop, largely due to its high price.
BBC
4
The flop will affect sentiment for future yuan stocks in Hong Kong.
Reuters
5
And Tad's plan can only work if Lottie's line is a flop.
Latte trouble
1
In March, she received the answer: the therapy looked like a dud.
Reuters
2
TIRED You'll need your own music; the included soundtrack is a dud.
Wired
3
The dud shell has slipped forward and got wedged in the rafters.
No Man's Land
4
I'm not bashing him; I'm just saying his sermon was a dud.
The new yorker
5
The latter are capital-starved and loaded with dud advances to large corporations.
Reuters

A sporting fixture that could not be completed because of rain.

Usage of washout in English
1
Therefore, adaptation followed by washout or reverse adaptation produced competing motor memories.
Pubmed
2
The subjects consumed three different porridges separated by 2 week washout periods.
Pubmed
3
Emax, slope, and washout values increased with increasing bone marrow involvement grade.
Pubmed
4
It was hard going, and we had a 60 percent washout rate.
World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
5
After a washout period of 4 wk, dietary regimens were crossed over.
Pubmed
6
But Gladys knew the reason now, for she had seen the washout.
The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring; Or, Along the Road That Leads t...
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Rapidly enhancing and slow washout pattern TICs may be additional valuable features.
Pubmed
8
Each dose was separated from the other by a 3-day washout period.
Pubmed
9
The sludge flotation and washout are frequently observed in anaerobic sulfidogenic reactor.
Pubmed
10
Readers scored lesions during two readout rounds with a 4-week washout period.
Pubmed
11
The summer was a washout to go with the two previous summers.
The Irish Times
12
For the footballers of Wexford, it made their winter preparation a washout.
The Irish Times
13
They came to the washout a little past noon on the twenty-third.
The stand
14
At Fayetteville, the train was an hour late, delayed by a washout.
The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
15
We collected blood at baseline and after each treatment and washout period.
Pubmed
16
After a 1-month washout period, patients were crossed over to the alternative treatment.
Pubmed
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Translations for washout
Spanish
desastre
Washout through the time
Washout across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common