Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Washed by the sea.
- adverb Washing about.
- adverb In such a position or way as to be covered with or as if with water.
- adjective Level with or washed by waves.
- adjective Overflowing with or as if with water.
- adjective Floating on or as if on waves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- Covered with water; kept wet: as, the decks were constantly awash.
- Washing about; tossed about by the waves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Naut.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore
- adjective Abounding; filled; covered; -- used mostly with in or with, in phrases such as “stores
awash with customers”.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Washed by the waves or tide; said of a rock or strip of shore, or of ananchor , etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it. - adjective by extension
Covered ,overspread .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with water
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Examples
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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 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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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 2008
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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 2008
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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.
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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 Scribe 2007
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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.
Metadata Standards Scribe 2007
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The congressional group's report said China is 'awash' in pirated goods.
U.S. lawmakers target six top copyright piracy countries Claire 2006
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The congressional group's report said China is 'awash' in pirated goods.
Archive 2006-04-01 Claire 2006
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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. 1891
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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.
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evin290 commented on the word awash
I love this word!
In fact, I'm awash with love for this word! :P
September 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word awash
Sounds kind of moist. ;-)
September 12, 2007