backwash
backwash Lexical Profile
backwash Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A backward flow or movement of water or air, especially that produced by the oar or propeller of a boat, or by a breaking wave receding down a beach.
"The small dinghy rocked violently in the turbulent backwash of the passing ferry."
The repercussions, aftermath, or undesirable side effects resulting from an event or situation.
"Local businesses struggled to survive in the economic backwash of the factory closure."
Saliva or liquid that flows back from a person's mouth into a drinking vessel while taking a drink (used informally).
"He refused to finish the soda left at the bottom of the bottle because he was worried about backwash."
• verb
To clean a filter, pump, or plumbing system by reversing the flow of fluid through it to flush out trapped debris.
"You need to backwash the swimming pool filter once a month to keep the water clear."
To flow or surge backward (of water or waves).
"Foamy waves crashed against the sea wall and backwashed over the wet pebbles."