Overwash
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overwash is a verb meaning (transitive) To wash too much or too often.
Meaning
(transitive) To wash too much or too often.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To wash or flood over.
- (intransitive) To become flooded.
- The flow of water and sediment over the crest of a beach that does not directly return to the water body.
Example Sentences
The waves overwashed the stony beach.
Even worse than being caught in daylight is the mortification, by Mr. Moore’s nocturnal lights, of wearing black clothes so overwashed that they start to look gray.
A man on one of the beach islands sends his wife and kids to the shelter, remains behind with their dog to finish boarding up the house, then the only road off the island overwashes, and he's cut off.
Word Forms
- overwashes
- overwashing
- overwashed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overshower, overwater, overdrown, overflush, oversand, overwet.
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