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Definition of overwash in English: overwashnoun ˈəʊvəwɒʃ The action or process of washing over; (Physical Geography) (a) the deposition over or beyond the marginal moraine of material carried by running water from a glacier; the material so deposited; (b) the flow of water from a lake, the sea, etc., over a low spit, berm, or other obstacle; water carried or left behind by such a flow.
verb ˈəʊvəwɒʃ literary, poetic with object To flow or wash over; to inundate. Chiefly in pass.
Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in Science. From overwash
late Middle English; earliest use found in Palladius' De Re Rustica. From over- + wash. Definition of overwash in US English: overwashnounˈəʊvəwɒʃ The action or process of washing over; (Physical Geography) (a) the deposition over or beyond the marginal moraine of material carried by running water from a glacier; the material so deposited; (b) the flow of water from a lake, the sea, etc., over a low spit, berm, or other obstacle; water carried or left behind by such a flow.
verbˈəʊvəwɒʃ literary, poetic with object To flow or wash over; to inundate. Chiefly in pass.
Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in Science. From overwash<br>late Middle English; earliest use found in Palladius' De Re Rustica. From over- + wash. |