bluewash

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verb

To use a blue paint or glaze.

“beautified with bluewash”

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Meanings

verbbluewash (third-person singular simple present bluewashes, present participle bluewashing, simple past and past participle bluewashed)

present singular third person bluewashes · participle present bluewashing · participle past bluewashed · past bluewashed

  1. transitiveTo use a blue paint or glaze.
  2. transitivebusinessTo 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.

    Corporations ...bluewash by suggesting ethical leadership and affiliating with the United Nations.

    2006. William S. Laufer. Corporate Bodies and Guilty Minds: The Failure of Corporate Criminal Liability, page 164
nounbluewash (countable and uncountable, plural bluewashes)

plural bluewashes

  1. countableuncountableA wash of blue paint or glaze.

    beautified with bluewash

Origin

From blue + -wash.

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APA

bluewash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluewash

MLA

“bluewash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluewash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bluewash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluewash.

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