backwash

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Synonyms: backlash, blackwash, back wash, backward, backcast, backwall, backclash, backflash, bagwash, backslash, black ash

Antonyms: backlash, blackwash, back wash, backward, backcast, backwall, backclash, backflash, bagwash, backslash, black ash

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[backward]] [[flow]] of [[water]], as from [[oar]]s, a [[propeller]], breaking waves, etc.
2. The similar flow of [[air]] from an [[aircraft]] [[engine]].
3. The [[result]] or [[consequence]] of an [[event]]; an [[aftermath]].
4. The [[saliva]], [[spit]] or [[food]] particles that have [[flowed]] back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
5. {{lb|en|economics}} The situation where [[economic]] [[growth]] in one area [[harm]]s other areas by [[attract]]ing people and business away from those areas.
6. An obscure place; a [[backwater]].
7. {{lb|en|education}} {{syn of|en|washback}}.

Verb

1. To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To affect with backwash.
3. To clean the oil from wool after combing.

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