"bluewash" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bluewashes [plural]
Etymology: blue + -wash Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blue|wash}} blue + -wash Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bluewash (countable and uncountable, plural bluewashes)
  1. A wash of blue paint or glaze. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bluewash-en-noun-y5R7XqIL

Verb [English]

Forms: bluewashes [present, singular, third-person], bluewashing [participle, present], bluewashed [participle, past], bluewashed [past]
Etymology: blue + -wash Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blue|wash}} blue + -wash Head templates: {{en-verb}} bluewash (third-person singular simple present bluewashes, present participle bluewashing, simple past and past participle bluewashed)
  1. To use a blue paint or glaze.
    Sense id: en-bluewash-en-verb-v4QtHltF
  2. (business, politics) To tout a business or organization's commitment to social responsibility, and to use this perception for public relations and economic gain; to present a humanitarian front in this manner. Categories (topical): Business, Politics
    Sense id: en-bluewash-en-verb-gadcJc2- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -wash Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 85 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 17 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wash: 32 13 56 Topics: business, government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: redwash, eyewash, greenwash, whitewash

Inflected forms

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