Backwash: Definition with Backwash Pictures and Photos

1. Noun. The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.

Exact synonyms: Airstream, Race, Slipstream, Wash
Generic synonyms: Flow

2. Noun. The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event). "In the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"

Exact synonyms: Aftermath, Wake
Generic synonyms: Consequence, Effect, Event, Issue, Outcome, Result, Upshot

3. Noun. The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward. "The motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"

Exact synonyms: Wake
Generic synonyms: Moving Ridge, Wave

1. v. t. To clean the oil from (wool) after combing.

1. to spray water backward [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

1. To clean the oil from (wood) after combing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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