If an event or sports competition is washed out, it is prevented from happening or stopped early because of heavy rain:

to allow someone to use something or someone temporarily in exchange for money:

to affect other peoples opinion of someone or something, especially in a bad way:

to cause a loud noise or explosion, such as that made by a bomb or an alarm (= a warning sound) to begin or happen:

to send a letter, document, or parcel by post:

to mark names or things on a list as correct or as having been dealt with:

to spend your life or the last period of your life in a particular way:

to intentionally take risks and put yourself in a dangerous or difficult situation:

to continue doing something or using someone to do work for you, and not stop or change to something or someone else:

to decide not to do something you are expected to do, or not to meet someone you are expected to meet:

If two pieces of information match up, they are the same:

to find someone after searching hard:

to change, usually in a way that brings an improvement:

to study a subject quickly before taking an exam:

to become worse or less, or to make something worse or less, so that it is the same as something else:

to stop fighting or disagreeing with someone and start living and working happily together:

to harm someone even slightly:

a path through a countryside, mountain, or forest area, often made or used for a particular purpose:

to look carefully at something or someone:

connected with something: