Antonyms for wash out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wosh, wawsh

Phonetic Transcription : wɒʃ, wɔʃ

Definition of wash out

Origin : late Old English wæsc "act of washing" (see wash (v.)). Meaning "clothes set aside to be washed" is attested from 1789; meaning "thin coat of paint" is recorded from 1690s; sense of "land alternately covered and exposed by the sea" is recorded from mid-15c.

As in nullify : verb cancel, revoke
As in obliterate : verb destroy
As in repeal : verb declare null and void
As in bleach : verb whiten
As in bomb : verb fail miserably
As in cancel : verb call off; erase
As in pink-slip : verb dismiss
As in disintegrate : verb fall apart; reduce to pieces
As in dismiss : verb remove from job, responsibility
As in drop : verb abandon; ignore
As in eradicate : verb destroy; remove
As in fade : verb lose color
As in flop : verb fail miserably

Example sentences :

He showed the boy how to wash out the tub which the little fellow did with a will.
Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham

And if you don't let the flume in this whole place'll wash out like flour.
Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow

"Throw a bucket into the boat, so that you can wash out the tender," said the skipper.
Extract from : « Desk and Debit » by Oliver Optic

I do not think there is a soap in the world that will wash out this stain.
Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

Go to the wash basin there, old man, and wash out the horse feed.
Extract from : « Two Wonderful Detectives » by Harlan Page Halsey

Saturate the spot two or three times, and then wash out in soapsuds.
Extract from : « The Ladies Book of Useful Information » by Anonymous

I had to wash out this confounded boat-house, or be reported to Miss Bertha.
Extract from : « Work and Win » by Oliver Optic

But being yellow to start, it has become green, and the color will not wash out.
Extract from : « Just Patty » by Jean Webster

There was nothing to wash out—no stain of any kind—no blood-spot whatever.
Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

Wash out all this under a stream of water from a tap or water-bottle.
Extract from : « Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata » by H. G. Wells

Synonyms for wash out

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