Awash

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  • adverb. undefined
  • 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.
  • The 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. 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”.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. Covered, overspread.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. covered with water
  • Word Usage
    "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."
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