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Meaning
Noun
●
An
appliance
designed
to
wash
something out.
●
In Biology, Medicine & Rain:
The
cleaning
of
matter
from a
physiological
system using a fluid.
●
In 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.
●
In 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).
●
A
disappointment
or total
failure
; an
unsuccessful
person.
●
A
sporting
fixture
or other
event
that could not be
completed
because of rain.
●
In People:
The
aerodynamic
effect of a small
twist
in the
shape
of an
aircraft
wing.
●
An
overwhelming
victory
; a landslide.
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