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backwash::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | airstream, race, slipstream, wash |
| Type of | flow |
backwash::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wake |
| Type of | wave, moving ridge |
Examples of backwash
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Yet they are caught in the backwash of an anti-American rhetoric they help create.
From the time.com
He's done that, but now he must avoid being swamped by the murky backwash.
From the time.com
They are the length of submerged airplanes, generating a churning backwash as they move.
From the abcnews.go.com
He swam a decent race, three-tenths off his best time, and still got drowned by backwash.
From the washingtonpost.com
Clean filter with a filter cleaner or degreaser, backwash and-or replace filter medium.
From the orlandosentinel.com
But if there is too much backwash from Mainzeal he would likely indicate it is untenable.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The backwash of a commercial jet engine is good for five minutes of painful high jinks.
From the sfgate.com
Piers Morgan is under scrutiny in the US as part of the phone hacking scandal backwash.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's a good idea to do one final backwash before disconnecting, to make startup easier.
From the sacbee.com
- Slipstream: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- Aftermath: 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"
- Wake: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
- Backwash is a retrospective compilation of music by the group Talulah Gosh.
- Swash (uprush and backwash), in geography, is the water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken. This action will cause sand and other light particles to be transported up the beach. ...
- Backwash is the backwards flow of air or water. Backwash can be created naturally by waves rebounding off a beach or other obstacle. It is created by propulsion devices such as an oar or propeller. ...
- "Backwash" is the seventh episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Rafael Alvarez from a story by David Simon & Rafael Alvarez and was directed by Thomas J. Wright. It originally aired on July 13, 2003.
- The backward flow of water from oars or propeller; The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine; The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath; The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it
- (Backwashing) A method used to remove spent powder filtration material (diatomite) from tubular filters. In this operation, the solvent flow is reversed to wash the spent filter powder off the tubular filters. See Bumping.
