- nounbackwash (noun)
- the motion of receding waves:"the backwash is reduced in energy by the percolation of water into the shingle"
- a backward current of water or air created by the motion of an object through it:"the backwash of a truck on the highway"
- repercussions:"the backwash of the Cuban missile crisis"
- US ENGLISHinformalthe liquid that flows back into a bottle, glass, etc. after someone has taken a drink, assumed to contain that person's saliva:"Can you please stop drinking straight from the milk carton? I don't want your backwash!"
verbbackwash (verb) · backwashes (third person present) · backwashed (past tense) · backwashed (past participle) · backwashing (present participle)- clean (a filter) by reversing the flow of fluid through it:"the very fine mesh is backwashed to remove solids"
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.The meaning of BACKWASH is a backward flow or movement (as of water or air) produced especially by a propelling force; also : the fluid that is moving backward.www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backwashan effect that is not the direct result of something: The economic and political backwash of the war is still being felt.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/backwash
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