backwash (English, verb)
expansion: backwash (third-person singular simple present backwashes, present participle backwashing, simple past and past participle backwashed)
Senses:
glosses: To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
glosses: To affect with backwash.
tags: transitive
glosses: To clean the oil from wool after combing.
Forms:
form: backwashes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: backwashing
tags: participle
present
form: backwashed
tags: participle
past
form: backwashed
tags: past