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WASHOUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is unsuccessful
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("washout" is a kind of...):
failure; loser; nonstarter; unsuccessful person (a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
Example:
from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
Synonyms:
wash; washout
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("washout" is a kind of...):
soil erosion (the washing away of soil by the flow of water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "washout"):
rain-wash (the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain)
Derivation:
wash out (wear or destroy by the force of water)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
Example:
it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("washout" is a kind of...):
channel; groove (a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record))
