Backwash
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The backward flow of water from oars or propeller. The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine. The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath. The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
Wake
Part of speech: verb
Definition: (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.(often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping.to lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party.The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.A number of vultures assembled together.
Example sentence: All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.