awashadjective [ after verb ]
uk/əˈwɒʃ/us/əˈwɑːʃ/covered with a liquid, especially water:
By the time I discovered the problem, the floor was awash.
having an amount of something that is very large or larger than necessary or wanted:
The city is awash with drugs and the police are powerless to do anything about it.
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- alive
- alive with sth idiom
- be a rich seam to mine idiom
- be riddled with sth idiom
- be shot through with sth idiom
- bristle
- burst
- congested
- crowded
- flooded
- heaping
- heaving
- heavy with sth idiom
- jam-packed
- riddled
- rife
- sardine
- saturation point
- seam
- seethe
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