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1. (n.) backwash
water thrown backward by the motion of oars, propellers, etc.
2. backwash
the portion of the wash of an aircraft that flows to the rear.
3. backwash
a condition, usu. undesirable, that continues long after the event which caused it.
Etymology: (1765–75)
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1. (noun) slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
2. (noun) aftermath, wake, backwash
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"
3. (noun) wake, backwash
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
"the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
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| Definition of 'Backwash' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Backwash
to clean the oil from (wood) after combing
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Backwash
An even layer of water that moves along the sea floor from the beach through the surf zone and caused by the pile-up of water on the beach from incoming breakers.
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Sense: a backward current eg that following a ship's passage through the water
the backwash of the steamer.
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 Afrikaans: boeggolf |
 Arabic: انْحِسار الماء خَلْفَ الس |
 Bulgarian: водна диря |
 Brazilian: ressaca |
 Czech: protiproud |
 German: das Kielwasser |
 Danish: kølvand |
 Greek: ρεύμα νερού που κινείται |
 Spanish: corriente de expulsión |
 Estonian: järellainetus |
 Farsi: پس موج |
 Finnish: peräaalto |
 French: remous |
 Hebrew: זֶרֶם חוֹזֵר |
 Hindi: प्रतिक्षिप्त जल |
 Croatian: uzvitlana struja vode |
 Hungarian: sodrás |
 Indonesian: riak |
 Icelandic: kjalsog |
 Italian: risacca |
 Japanese: 後方への波 |
 Korean: 역류 |
 Lithuanian: priešsrovė |
 Latvian: kuģa saceltie viļņi; pret |
 Malay: ombak undur |
 Dutch: boeggolf |
 Norwegian: kjølvann, motsjø |
 Polish: prąd wsteczny |
 Persian: پس موج |
 Pashto: نا تمامه،نيمايى،شاته پاتى |
 Portuguese: ressaca |
 Romanian: contracurent |
 Russian: волны от парохода |
 Slovak: protiprúd |
 Slovenian: ladijski valovi |
 Serbian: pruga iza broda |
 Swedish: svallvåg |
 Thai: คลื่นที่ไหลกลับมากระทบฝั่ |
 Turkish: geri akıntı, dümen suyu |
 Taiwanese: 船行經水面後形成的回流 |
 Ukrainian: хвилі від човна або судна |
 Urdu: ، لہر کا اتار الٹی لہر ، |
 Vietnamese: nước xoáy ngược |
 Chinese: 由船等运动引起的逆流 |
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