washed ppl adjective. [wɒʃt] M16.
[from WASH verb + -ED¹.]
1. That has been washed; that has been swept away or scooped out by washing. M16.
■ J. Imison Adding..one part of washed whiting to three parts of carmine. Here's Health Any vegetable offcuts may be used including washed peelings.
b. Of material etc.: faded, bleached; spec. (of a carpet) specially treated so as to soften the colours and impart a sheen. E20.

2. washed out:
a. Of a fabric, dye, etc.: that has faded in the wash. L18.
■ E. Jolley Her washed-out dress looked mauve and silky.
b. fig. Pale; lacking in vitality. M19.
■ N. Mailer She was looking tired, even washed out.

3. washed up, all washed up, finished; without prospects; having failed. (Foll. by with.) slang (chiefly N. Amer.). E20.
Literary Review His..decline accelerated and he fell in with the..view that he was a washed-up has-been.

► Earlier in UNWASHED.

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