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back⋅wash
[bak-wosh, -wawsh] 
–noun
| 1. | Nautical. water thrown backward by the motion of oars, propellers, paddle wheels, etc. |
| 2. | Aeronautics. the portion of the wash of an aircraft that flows to the rear, usually created by the power plant. Compare wash (def. 31). |
| 3. | a condition, usually undesirable, that continues long after the event which caused it. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to affect, as by hitting, rocking, or splashing, with a backwash: a powerful cutter backwashing the skiers. |
| 5. | to clean out (a clogged filter) by reversing the flow of fluid: Backwash the swimming pool's filters regularly. |
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| back·rush (bāk'rŭsh') n. The seaward return of water after the landward motion of a wave. Also called backwash. |
| back·wash (bāk'wŏsh', -wôsh') n.
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Backwash
Back"wash`\, v. i. To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : backwash
Spanish:
corriente de expulsión,
German:
das Kielwasser,
Japanese:
後方への波
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