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backwash en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbæk.wɒʃ/ (UK)
  • /ˈbæk.wɑʃ/ (US)

Etymology

From back + wash.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A backward flow of water, as from oars, a propeller, breaking waves, etc.
    • They pitched the dragon over the cliff-top, let tide's flow and backwash take the treasure-minder. 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 98:
    • I looked back to a ferry passing the Statue of Liberty now, its backwash a curving line upon the bay. 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 166:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
  6. (countable, uncountable) An obscure place; a backwater.
    • "Reasonable expenses, Nickle. You can't spend much in a backwash like this Tapsfield." 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
  7. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of washback.

Forms

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backwashes Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

washback

Translations (16)

it riflusso (backward flow of water from a propeller) · it risacca (backward flow of water from a propeller) · fi jälkivaikutus (aftermath) · de Spuckrest (The saliva, spit or food flowing back into a drink) · bg килватер (backward flow of water from a propeller) · ru последствие (aftermath) · de Uwe (The saliva, spit or food flowing back into a drink) · de Spuckschluck (The saliva, spit or food flowing back into a drink) · it sbavatura (The saliva, spit or food flowing back into a drink) · fi seuraamus (aftermath) · it scia (backward flow of water from a propeller) · it salivazione (The saliva, spit or food flowing back into a drink) · fi jälkitilanne (aftermath) · fi potkurivirta (backward flow of water from a propeller) · mi miti (backward flow of water from a propeller) · fi purskutus (The saliva, spit or food flowing back into a drink)

backwash en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbæk.wɒʃ/ (UK)
  • /ˈbæk.wɑʃ/ (US)

Etymology

From back + wash.

Meanings

  1. To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
  2. (transitive) To affect with backwash.
  3. To clean the oil from wool after combing.

Forms

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backwashes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
backwashing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
backwashed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
backwashed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

backwash ileitis