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Meaning of backwash
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backwash
n 1: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
propeller [syn: {slipstream}, {airstream}, {race},
{backwash}, {wash}]
2: 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" [syn: {aftermath},
{wake}, {backwash}]
3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the
motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: {wake},
{backwash}]
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