Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Washed by the sea.
- adv. Washing about.
- adv. In such a position or way as to be covered with or as if with water.
- adj. Level with or washed by waves.
- adj. Overflowing with or as if with water: "Some of America's big cities are awash in vacant office space” ( Ross K. Baker).
- adj. Floating on or as if on waves.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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.
Wiktionary
- 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.
- adj. by extension Covered, overspread.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
- adj. Abounding; filled; covered; -- used mostly with in or with, in phrases such as “stores
awash with customers”.
WordNet 3.0
- 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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The congressional group's report said China is 'awash' in pirated goods.”
“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.”
“Antiques markets across Britain 'awash' with illegal ivory despite international trade ban”
“He added thatthe south of France was "awash" with drugs at the time.”
“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”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘awash’.
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When a door is ajar
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Waves and Waveforms
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Cepstrums
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Nautical Words
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GRE
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archaic, archetype, archipelago, architect, archive, arctic, ardor, arduous, argot, arid, armory, arrest and 289 more...
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Revised GRE Wordlist_2013
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ephemeral, esoteric, rhetoric, censure, egregious, pittance, dupe, mulct, paucity, alacrity, maintain, laconic and 996 more...
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Whaleworthy & Piratical Words
A list of favorite nautical words to be sprinkled liberally throughout speech for piratical or Melvillian effect.
batten down, back and fill, beamy, baulking, beckets, bilge, bold shore, boomjumper, breaker, larboard, abaft, ash breeze and 156 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Evin290's Words
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Unknown
legerdemain, corny, defray, hone, scorn, rascal, dodge, shenanigan, keg, guild, candid, faze and 32 more...
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coastal
tidal, strait, shore, peninsula, barnacle, wharf, shoal, pebble, halyard, kiosk, kayak, beachcomber and 5 more...
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flawednarcissist's Words
dig, hip, pulchritudinous, spork, awash, whim, pontification, lovelorn, jive, melancholy, pretentious, aphrodisiac and 5 more...
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Awords
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agape, aboard, afoot, ajar, aword, awash, avast, award, athwart, awake, alive, about and 8 more...
Tweets
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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