"bluewash" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bluewashes [plural]
Etymology: From blue + -wash. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|blue|-wash|text=+|tree=1}} From 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 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -wash Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wash: 48 18 34

Verb

Forms: bluewashes [present, singular, third-person], bluewashing [participle, present], bluewashed [participle, past], bluewashed [past]
Etymology: From blue + -wash. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|blue|-wash|text=+|tree=1}} From blue + -wash. Head templates: {{en-verb}} bluewash (third-person singular simple present bluewashes, present participle bluewashing, simple past and past participle bluewashed)
  1. (transitive) To use a blue paint or glaze. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bluewash-en-verb-v4QtHltF
  2. (transitive, 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. Tags: transitive Coordinate_terms: redwash, brownwash, whitewash, greenwash, humanewash, sustainwash
    Sense id: en-bluewash-en-verb-gadcJc2- Categories (other): Business, Politics, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 11 11 77 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 12 12 76 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 14 14 72 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 12 12 75 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 81 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 22 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 7 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 89 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 14 73 Topics: business, government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: eyewash

Inflected forms

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