Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In calico-printing, fugitive; that will not stand washing: applied to certain colors or dyes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Calico Printing) Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
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Examples
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Anybody who thinks they can wash-off the Clintons, is sadly mistaken.
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Among the cultural layers, one layer was identified as the wash-off of a processing area of metal ores, meaning that ores must have been processed in the near surroundings.
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Gang graffiti is so bad that rangers now coat outbuildings with wash-off paints and sandblast gang tags off granite boulders.
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I've seen the wash-off kind, but is there one you can use on non washable fabrics?
I bet you thought I was over the Duro, huh? - A Dress A Day 2008
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This compares with nutrient additions around 10 – 20 times higher in industrialized countries – and also much higher rates in most other developing countries [46], where there is established evidence that leaching of nitrates into surface and groundwater, and wash-off of phosphates into streams and estuaries, can cause eutrophication (see Chapter 4).
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Experience it for yourself with our unique black 100% cotton t-shirt which comes pre-packaged with its own write-on, wash-off marker.
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This shirt is full of write-on, wash-off goodness.
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Fancy antiaging cleansers are a waste of money since they are a wash-off product.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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Pollution, especially from agricultural drainage and wash-off, urban wash-off and effluent return flows, industries, mining, and areas with insufficient sanitation services, is increasing.
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Fancy antiaging cleansers are a waste of money since they are a wash-off product.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
hernesheir commented on the word wash-off
Perhaps a word of interest to those who list dyes and dyestuffs.
December 31, 2011