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backwash |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Backwash \Back"wash`\, v. i. To clean the oil from (wood) after combing. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: backwash n 1: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller [syn: {slipstream}, {airstream}, {race}, {wash}] 2: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: {aftermath}, {wake}] 3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: {wake}]
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