Awash
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈwɒʃ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Awash is an adjective meaning (by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
Meaning
(by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
More Meanings
- Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
Example Sentences
The former rock is awash at low water […]
Tonight, his mind was awash with visions:
[…] the whole country’s awash in guns and Bibles,
but the river’s in flood / and the roads are awash / and the bridges break up / in the panic of loss.
Synonyms for awash
Depending on context, synonyms include aslosh, inundated, flooded, afloat.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flooded, inundated, afloat, full, rainwashed, waterworn.
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