BACKWASHING | • backwashing n. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with… • back␣washing v. Present participle of back wash. • BACKWASH v. to affect with receding water. |
BLACKWASHING | • blackwashing n. (Derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people. • blackwashing n. The application of a coating of blackwash. • blackwashing n. (Derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil. |
BRAINWASHING | • brainwashing n. Alternative spelling of brain-washing. • brainwashing v. Present participle of brainwash. • brain-washing n. A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs… |
COLORWASHING | • COLORWASH v. to paint with this, also COLOURWASH. |
COLOURWASHING | • COLOURWASH v. to paint with this. |
DISHWASHING | • dishwashing n. The act of cleaning the dishware. |
GREENWASHING | • greenwashing n. The practice by people, organizations and states of presenting themselves as environmentally-friendly… • greenwashing v. Present participle of greenwash. • GREENWASHING n. the act of covering with a specious overlay of concern for the environment. |
PREWASHING | • prewashing v. Present participle of prewash. • PREWASH v. to wash beforehand. |
RAINWASHING | • rainwashing v. Present participle of rainwash. • RAINWASH v. to wash material downhill by rain. |
REWASHING | • rewashing v. Present participle of rewash. • REWASH v. to wash again. |
SIWASHING | • SIWASH v. to camp out using only natural shelter. |
STONEWASHING | • stonewashing v. Present participle of stonewash. • STONEWASH v. to wash with stones to give a worn appearance. |
SWASHING | • swashing v. Present participle of swash. • swashing adj. Hectoring; swaggering. • swashing adj. Crushing; resounding. |
WASHING | • washing n. (Countable) The action of the verb to wash. • washing n. (Uncountable, chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have… • washing n. (Countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed. |
WHITEWASHING | • whitewashing n. The application of whitewash. • whitewashing n. (Figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions. • whitewashing n. (Derogatory) The process of whitewashing, of making over (a person or character, a group, an event… |