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单词 awash
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awash

adjective

ə-ˈwȯsh How to pronounce awash (audio)
-ˈwäsh
1
a
: alternately covered and exposed by waves or tide
b
: washing about : afloat
c
: covered with water : flooded
2
: filled, covered, or completely overrun as if by a flood
a movie awash in sentimentality

Synonyms

  • bathed
  • bedraggled
  • doused
  • dowsed
  • drenched
  • dripping
  • logged
  • saturate
  • saturated
  • soaked
  • soaking
  • sodden
  • soggy
  • sopping
  • soppy
  • soused
  • washed
  • water-soaked
  • watered
  • waterlogged
  • watery
  • wet
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Example Sentences

The deck of the boat was almost awash. the streets were awash from the heavy rains
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Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

awash

adjective

ə-ˈwȯsh How to pronounce awash (audio)
-ˈwäsh
: flooded or covered with water or other liquid
The ship began to sink, her decks already awash.

Geographical Definition

Awash

geographical name

ˈä-ˌwäsh How to pronounce Awash (audio)
river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in eastern Ethiopia flowing northeast

awash

adjective

1
as in saturated
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water the streets were awash from the heavy rains

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • saturated
  • dripping
  • bathed
  • saturate
  • flooded
  • washed
  • soaked
  • wet
  • drenched
  • soaking
  • doused
  • sodden
  • sopping
  • watered
  • inundated
  • drowned
  • flushed
  • waterlogged
  • splashed
  • soggy
  • deluged
  • logged
  • soused
  • damp
  • moist
  • submerged
  • bedraggled
  • overflowed
  • steeped
  • soppy
  • dowsed
  • watery
  • swamped
  • water-soaked
  • dipped
  • rinsed
  • sluiced
  • irrigated
  • aqueous
  • humid
  • dunked
  • hydrated
  • dank
  • laved
  • clammy
  • boggy
  • sloppy
  • dampish
  • squashy
  • miry
  • wettish
  • seepy
  • semimoist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dry
  • arid
  • unwatered
  • waterless
  • watertight
  • bone-dry
  • sunbaked
  • baked
  • dehydrated
  • hyperarid
  • waterproof
  • parched
  • droughty
  • ultradry
  • thirsty
  • wrung
  • sear
  • sere
  • water-resistant
  • freeze-dried
  • water-repellent
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2
as in filled
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified the literary review is currently awash in submissions and will not be accepting any more until next year

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • filled
  • abundant
  • bursting
  • packed
  • teeming
  • replete
  • crowded
  • rife
  • crammed
  • jammed
  • abounding
  • thronging
  • stuffed
  • brimming
  • saturated
  • swarming
  • fraught
  • buzzing
  • flush
  • loaded
  • thick
  • bulging
  • lousy
  • chock-full
  • overflowing
  • full
  • chockful
  • busy
  • clogged
  • overloaded
  • overcrowded
  • humming
  • overfilled
  • congested
  • surfeited
  • overstuffed
  • bustling
  • astir
  • lively
  • jam-packed
  • overladen
  • animated
  • alive
  • overfull
  • fat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • devoid
  • empty
  • blank
  • stark
  • barren
  • void
  • vacant
  • bare
  • depleted
  • insufficient
  • drained
  • short
  • deficient
  • incomplete
  • exhausted
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