Meaning

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..

Definitions by Sense

1. 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.
2. (by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).

Example Sentences

The former rock is awash at low water […]

The deck was continually awash with the sea which came inboard over the rail and through the scuppers.

but the river’s in flood / and the roads are awash / and the bridges break up / in the panic of loss.

2005, Chris Ramirez, 2nd find excites museum diggers," The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug, The Valley landscape was more awash with greenery some 11,000 years ago.

Tonight, his mind was awash with visions:

In the Sumerian language the word for water also means semen, and since Enki is the god of water, he is therefore the god of semen. In this ode to the Great Father, the land of the Sumerians is literally awash with semen.

Bulgaria's only attacking weapon was the wayward shooting of Martin Petrov, whereas England's attacking options were awash with movement in the shape of Rooney, Young and Walcott.

[…] the whole country’s awash in guns and Bibles,

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• more awash
• most awash

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Use awash when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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