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[ uh-wosh, uh-wawsh ] / əˈwɒʃ, əˈwɔʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR awash ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, adverbNautical. - just level with or scarcely above the surface of the water, so that waves break over the top.
- overflowing with water, as the upper deck of a ship in a heavy sea.
covered with water. washing about; tossed about by the waves. covered, filled, or crowded: streets awash with shoppers; a garden awash in brilliant colors. Origin of awashFirst recorded in 1825–35; a-1 + wash Words nearby awashaward, awardee, award wage, aware, awareness, awash, A watched pot never boils, awato, away, awayday, away goal Definition for awash (2 of 2)[ ah-wahsh ] / ˈɑ wɑʃ /
nouna river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long. Also Ha·wash [hah-wahsh] /ˈhɑ wɑʃ/ Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for awashBack then, every single newspaper, website, and news show (even the fake news shows) was awash in gridiron scandal. How the Media Failed to Nail the NFL|Steve Almond|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST The financial system is awash with money, yet the Federal Reserve accuses both consumers and institutions of hoarding it. How Young People Are Destroying Liberty|James Poulos|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Preening, arrogant, vindictive, and inexorable; awash with cash; corrupt; in bed with corporate America and big finance. Meet The Democrats’ Secret Savior Against Cuomo Corporatism|James Poulos|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Ichikowitz acknowledged in the interview that the African continent is awash in weapons, particularly small arms. African Arms-Maker to Obama: Give War a Chance!|Eli Lake|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And note: None of these schools were anything like awash in funds. Equality Matters More Than Integration in Schools|John McWhorter|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST At the end of two hours they came upon a square-rigger with her decks just awash, and six men clinging to her rigging. A Labrador Doctor|Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Then she followed, with her eyes just awash, and dove deep beneath the revenue vessel when it turned back. She was found drifting, her upper works just awash, about one hundred miles out to sea and not a living soul on board her! The Radio Detectives|A. Hyatt Verrill Why, a few turns of that wheel when in the awash trim would admit enough water in two minutes to sink the boat. The Wreck of the Titan|Morgan Robertson By then the decks forward were awash, while the stern of the vessel was pitched high in the air. The Hero of Panama|F. S. Brereton
British Dictionary definitions for awash
adverb, adjective (postpositive) nauticalat a level even with the surface of the sea washed over by the waves Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to awashafloat, flooded, inundated, flush, flushed, overflowing, brimming, oversupplied |