awash
- Nautical.
- just level with or scarcely above the surface of the water, so that waves break over the top.
- overflowing with water, as the upper deck of a ship in a heavy sea.
- covered with water.
- washing about; tossed about by the waves.
- covered, filled, or crowded: streets awash with shoppers; a garden awash in brilliant colors.
Origin of awash
Awash
- a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.
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Contemporary Examples of awash
Back then, every single newspaper, website, and news show (even the fake news shows) was awash in gridiron scandal.
The financial system is awash with money, yet the Federal Reserve accuses both consumers and institutions of hoarding it.
Preening, arrogant, vindictive, and inexorable; awash with cash; corrupt; in bed with corporate America and big finance.
Ichikowitz acknowledged in the interview that the African continent is awash in weapons, particularly small arms.
And note: None of these schools were anything like awash in funds.
Historical Examples of awash
The bull followed, deeper and deeper, till his sides were awash.
Wood Folk at SchoolWilliam J. Long
Because it's awash an' visible only at the fall o' the spring tides.
The Grain ShipMorgan Robertson
She were all awash, though, sir, at high-water this morning!
Bob Strong's HolidaysJohn Conroy Hutcheson
The boat was some fifty yards from land by now, and was awash in a broken current.
Hurricane IslandH. B. Marriott Watson
My idea is they used that in the air, when they were running on the surface or just awash.
The Radio Detectives Under the SeaA. Hyatt Verrill
awash
- at a level even with the surface of the sea
- washed over by the waves