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backwash

DEFINITIONS OF: backwash

1

n the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward

Synonyms:
wake
Type of:
moving ridge, wave
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

n the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Synonyms:
airstream, race, slipstream, wash
Type of:
flow
any uninterrupted stream or discharge

n the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

Synonyms:
aftermath, wake
Type of:
consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
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