English words for 'an act that fails'
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noun
- an act that fails
- An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
- a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
- inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
- lack of success
- loss of ability to function normally
- an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
- an unexpected omission
- Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
- (pathology) A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life.
- Bankruptcy.
- State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
- Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
noun
- a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
- an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- (figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
- (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
verb
- make an opening or gap in
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- (transitive) To make a breach in.
- (transitive) To violate or break.
- (intransitive, of a whale or other sea creature) To leap out of the water.
- (intransitive) To suffer a breach.
- (law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.
- (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
noun
verb
noun
noun
- an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
- a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
- (countable) Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.
- (uncountable) The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.
- (countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
noun
- an act that has disastrous consequences
- an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
- A skateboard trick involving a 180-degree ollie, landing on the center of the board with the front trucks facing towards the ramp and the back trucks over the lip. The skater then leans forwards to return in the ramp.
- An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.
- An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
noun
- an act that disregards an agreement or a right
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
- a disrespectful act
- a crime less serious than a felony
- entry to another's property without right or permission
- (slang) An insult, especially a severe one.
- An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
- (euphemistic) Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.
noun
- An instance or act of undulating.
- A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
- A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall.
- A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.
- (music) A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string.
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
- an undulating curve
verb
- To fail utterly at something one has attempted.
- (idiomatic) To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.
- (idiomatic) To cancel due to bad weather.
- To wash the inside of something.
- To remove something by washing.
- (idiomatic) To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
- To be removed by washing.
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- deplete of strength or vitality
- drain off the color in the course of laundering
- lose color in the process of being washed
- wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt
- prevent or interrupt due to rain
- wear or destroy by the force of water
noun
- The act by which something is taken.
- (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
- (uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
- (in the plural, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
- the act of someone who picks up or takes something
adj
verb
noun
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
- A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
- (film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
- A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
verb
- make reparations or amends for
- (film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
- To dress again.
- To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
noun
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
- (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
- A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
- Something that corrects or counteracts.
verb
noun
- A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
- A kept woman; a mistress.
- An unmarried woman; a girl.
- (computing) The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
- A failure to physically hit.
- (snooker) A foul shot that fails to hit the target ball, where the player has, in the referee's judgement, not made every effort to play a legal shot; in addition to conceding points for the foul, the player can be made to play the shot again.
- A title of respect for an unmarried woman with or without a name used.
- (card games) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
- A term of address by a student for a female teacher, especially one using their maiden name.
- (informal) Someone or something whose loss or absence is felt.
- An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give).
- a young female
- a failure to hit (or meet or find etc.)
verb
- (poker, said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
- (transitive, mostly continuous tenses) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).
- (ambitransitive, physical) To avoid hitting.
- (sports) To fail to score (a goal).
- (ambitransitive, physical) To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.
- (transitive) To avoid or escape.
- (transitive, slang) To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
- (transitive) To fail to understand.
- (transitive) To fail to achieve or attain.
- (transitive) To fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.
- (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
- (transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.
- (transitive) To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- fail to attend an event or activity
- fail to reach or get to
- feel or suffer from the lack of
- fail to experience
- be absent
- leave undone or leave out
- fail to reach
- be without
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
- an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- (South India, colloquial) A fart.
- (slang) A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
- (informal, in combination) A piece of food, often small, usually intensely flavored.
- (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- (in combination) A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
- (colloquial, figurative) Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
- (figurative) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- (basketball, slang) A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- (chiefly British, India, slang) A very attractive woman.
- An obscene word identified by its first letter.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- (US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.
- (often in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- (American football, slang) A long forward pass.
- (slang) A woman’s breast.
- (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
- (chiefly British, slang) A success; the bomb.
- (rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- (colloquial) Any explosive charge.
- (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- (professional wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A large amount of money.
- (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
verb
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- fail to get a passing grade
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
- (slang) Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).
- (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- (reflexive) To make oneself drunk.
- (transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
- (intransitive, computing) To crash.
- (transitive, slang) To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
- (ambitransitive) To fail dismally.
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
adj
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an explosion that fails to occur
- A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
- (informal) A failure of any kind.
- (informal) A loser; an unlucky person.
- (informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
adj
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
- large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
- flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang, derogatory) A prostitute.
- A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
- A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
- (countable, medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (countable) With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
- (countable, US, slang, usually mildly derogatory) A foolish or inept person.
- (countable, bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
- (countable, US, slang) A failure.
noun
noun
- an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
- (countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
- (countable, uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.
- (countable, uncountable, ecology) The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
verb
verb
- (colloquial) To fail.
- To go unconscious; to pass out.
- (idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
- To die.
- (with with) To have a romantic relationship (with someone).
- To be drained from; to disappear from somebody.
- To become extinct, to expire.
- To leave, especially a building.
- (intransitive, usually of one's heart) To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.
- (of the tide) To recede; to ebb.
- To pass out of fashion; be on the wane.
- (card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- (UK, broadcasting) To be broadcast.
- (of a couple) To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.
- (with on) To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).
- To be turned off or extinguished.
- To be eliminated from a competition.
- move out of or depart from
- go out of fashion; become unfashionable
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- leave the house to go somewhere
- take the field
- become extinguished
verb
- be unsuccessful
- fail to get a passing grade
- judge unacceptable
- prove insufficient
- fail to do something; leave something undone
- become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
- deteriorate
- stop operating or functioning
- fall short in what is expected
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- be unable
- (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
- (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- (intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- (ambitransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
- (transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- (transitive) To neglect.
adj
noun
noun
- the act that results in something coming to be
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
- Process of growth or development.
- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
verb
noun
- an act that fails
- An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
- a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
- inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
- lack of success
- loss of ability to function normally
- an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
- an unexpected omission
- Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
- (pathology) A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life.
- Bankruptcy.
- State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
- Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
noun
- a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
- an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- (figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
- (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
verb
- make an opening or gap in
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- (transitive) To make a breach in.
- (transitive) To violate or break.
- (intransitive, of a whale or other sea creature) To leap out of the water.
- (intransitive) To suffer a breach.
- (law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.
- (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
noun
verb
noun
noun
- an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
- a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
- (countable) Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.
- (uncountable) The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.
- (countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
noun
- an act that has disastrous consequences
- an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
- A skateboard trick involving a 180-degree ollie, landing on the center of the board with the front trucks facing towards the ramp and the back trucks over the lip. The skater then leans forwards to return in the ramp.
- An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.
- An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
noun
- an act that disregards an agreement or a right
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
- a disrespectful act
- a crime less serious than a felony
- entry to another's property without right or permission
- (slang) An insult, especially a severe one.
- An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
- (euphemistic) Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.
noun
- An instance or act of undulating.
- A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
- A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall.
- A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.
- (music) A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string.
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
- an undulating curve
noun
- The act by which something is taken.
- (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
- (uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
- (in the plural, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
- the act of someone who picks up or takes something
adj
verb
noun
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
- A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
- (film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
- A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
verb
- make reparations or amends for
- (film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
- To dress again.
- To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
noun
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
- (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
- A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
- Something that corrects or counteracts.
verb
noun
- A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
- A kept woman; a mistress.
- An unmarried woman; a girl.
- (computing) The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
- A failure to physically hit.
- (snooker) A foul shot that fails to hit the target ball, where the player has, in the referee's judgement, not made every effort to play a legal shot; in addition to conceding points for the foul, the player can be made to play the shot again.
- A title of respect for an unmarried woman with or without a name used.
- (card games) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
- A term of address by a student for a female teacher, especially one using their maiden name.
- (informal) Someone or something whose loss or absence is felt.
- An act of avoidance (usually used with the verb give).
- a young female
- a failure to hit (or meet or find etc.)
verb
- (poker, said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
- (transitive, mostly continuous tenses) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).
- (ambitransitive, physical) To avoid hitting.
- (sports) To fail to score (a goal).
- (ambitransitive, physical) To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.
- (transitive) To avoid or escape.
- (transitive, slang) To spare someone of something unwanted or undesirable.
- (transitive) To fail to understand.
- (transitive) To fail to achieve or attain.
- (transitive) To fail to experience, attend, partake, take advantage of, etc.
- (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
- (transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.
- (transitive) To be too late to connect with or meet something or someone (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- fail to attend an event or activity
- fail to reach or get to
- feel or suffer from the lack of
- fail to experience
- be absent
- leave undone or leave out
- fail to reach
- be without
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
- an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- (South India, colloquial) A fart.
- (slang) A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette).
- (informal, in combination) A piece of food, often small, usually intensely flavored.
- (colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- (in combination) A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.
- (colloquial, figurative) Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded.
- (figurative) Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- (basketball, slang) A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- (chiefly British, India, slang) A very attractive woman.
- An obscene word identified by its first letter.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- (US, Australia, informal) A car in poor condition.
- (often in combination) An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- (American football, slang) A long forward pass.
- (slang) A woman’s breast.
- (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
- (chiefly British, slang) A success; the bomb.
- (rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- (colloquial) Any explosive charge.
- (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- (professional wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A large amount of money.
- (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
verb
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- fail to get a passing grade
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.
- (slang) Synonym of parachute (“wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them”).
- (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- (reflexive) To make oneself drunk.
- (transitive, figuratively, often with with) To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
- (intransitive, computing) To crash.
- (transitive, slang) To make a smelly mess in (a toilet).
- (ambitransitive) To fail dismally.
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
adj
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an explosion that fails to occur
- A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
- (informal) A failure of any kind.
- (informal) A loser; an unlucky person.
- (informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
adj
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
- large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
- flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang, derogatory) A prostitute.
- A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
- A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
- (countable, medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
- (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- (countable) With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
- (countable, US, slang, usually mildly derogatory) A foolish or inept person.
- (countable, bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
- (countable, US, slang) A failure.
noun
noun
- an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
- (countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
- (countable, uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.
- (countable, uncountable, ecology) The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
verb
noun
- the act that results in something coming to be
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
- Process of growth or development.
- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
verb
verb
- To fail utterly at something one has attempted.
- (idiomatic) To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.
- (idiomatic) To cancel due to bad weather.
- To wash the inside of something.
- To remove something by washing.
- (idiomatic) To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
- To be removed by washing.
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- deplete of strength or vitality
- drain off the color in the course of laundering
- lose color in the process of being washed
- wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt
- prevent or interrupt due to rain
- wear or destroy by the force of water
verb
- (colloquial) To fail.
- To go unconscious; to pass out.
- (idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
- To die.
- (with with) To have a romantic relationship (with someone).
- To be drained from; to disappear from somebody.
- To become extinct, to expire.
- To leave, especially a building.
- (intransitive, usually of one's heart) To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.
- (of the tide) To recede; to ebb.
- To pass out of fashion; be on the wane.
- (card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- (UK, broadcasting) To be broadcast.
- (of a couple) To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.
- (with on) To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).
- To be turned off or extinguished.
- To be eliminated from a competition.
- move out of or depart from
- go out of fashion; become unfashionable
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- leave the house to go somewhere
- take the field
- become extinguished
verb
- be unsuccessful
- fail to get a passing grade
- judge unacceptable
- prove insufficient
- fail to do something; leave something undone
- become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
- deteriorate
- stop operating or functioning
- fall short in what is expected
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- be unable
- (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
- (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- (intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- (ambitransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
- (transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- (transitive) To neglect.