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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adv. Washed by the sea.
  2. adv. Washing about.
  3. adv. In such a position or way as to be covered with or as if with water.
  4. adj. Level with or washed by waves.
  5. adj. Overflowing with or as if with water: "Some of America's big cities are awash in vacant office space” ( Ross K. Baker).
  6. adj. Floating on or as if on waves.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Just level with or emerging from the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it, as wreckage, or an anchor when hove up to the surface, or rock, spit, or bank just appearing above the water.
  2. Covered with water; kept wet: as, the decks were constantly awash.
  3. Washing about; tossed about by the waves.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Washed by the waves or tide; said 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.
  2. adj. by extension Covered, overspread.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Naut.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it; -- of an anchor, etc.
  2. adj. Abounding; filled; covered; -- used mostly with in or with, in phrases such as “stores awash with customers”.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. covered with water

Examples

  • “When running "awash" -- that is, with a small part of their upper works above water, they are driven by a gasoline engine at a speed of over 10 miles an hour.”

    How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900

  • “Kennedy skillfully evokes the atmosphere of an edgy defeated Germany and that of a victorious Britain awash in disappointment and disillusion, but she is at her best when conveying the turmoil inside her protagonist’s mind.”

    Cover to Cover

  • “According to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report, the global mining sector has been "awash" in merger-and-acquisition announcements this year, setting 2010 on a course to match peak 2007 levels.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Continental Minerals Gets China Offer

  • “I used to feel kind of awash in fake-standards, but now, I feel very good about the tools that are out there, waiting to be used for creating records for born-digital items.”

    Archive 2007-12-01

  • “The congressional group's report said China is 'awash' in pirated goods.”

    U.S. lawmakers target six top copyright piracy countries

  • “On a majority of the maps of the sixteenth century there were islands on Mouchoir, and on Silver Banks, where now are rocks "awash;" and the Dutch and the Severn Shoals, which lay to the east, have disappeared.”

    The life of Christopher Columbus: from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time.

  • “But it wouldn't hurt to throw in at least a sentence noting that despite modern societies being "awash" in chemicals, childhood cancer rates aren't showing much change and overall mortality rates continue their long-term decline.”

    NYT > Home Page

  • “Antiques markets across Britain 'awash' with illegal ivory despite international trade ban”

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed

  • “He added thatthe south of France was "awash" with drugs at the time.”

    Daily News & Analysis

  • “The U.S. is "awash" in natural gas, thanks to new drilling techniques that make gas locked in shale formations cheaper to recover, Pickens told the House Ways and Means”

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News

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  • reesetee Sounds kind of moist. ;-) Sep 12, 2007

  • evin290 I love this word!

    In fact, I'm awash with love for this word! :P Sep 12, 2007

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