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Eyewash

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The washing out of the eyes with copious solution (usually water alone) to quickly remove an irritant, as for example in laboratories and industrial plants; the washing solution itself. countable, uncountable, usually

    "an eyewash station on every floor of the building"

  2. 2
    lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes wordnet
  3. 3
    A soothing medicated lotion for the eyes. countable, uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    Camouflage; disguise; false front; pretense; nonsense. figuratively, slang, uncountable, usually

    "Near-synonyms: whitewash, window dressing"

Verb
  1. 1
    To fool with nonsense or flattery.
  2. 2
    To keep information secret by sending false information to many people in one's own organization, and correct information to a select few.

    "But others said that eyewashing was a standard security practice that had been in existence for decades."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From eye + wash. Compare typologically Russian глаз замы́лился (glaz zamýlilsja) (akin to мы́ло (mýlo), мыть (mytʹ)).

Etymology 2

From eye + wash. Compare typologically Russian глаз замы́лился (glaz zamýlilsja) (akin to мы́ло (mýlo), мыть (mytʹ)).

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