floating on the water's surface; at or just above the surface of the water; overflowing with water, waterlogged
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Awash Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutWashed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.
awash
\a*wash"\ (&?;), a. [pref. a- + wash.] washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.
similar words(1)
the anchor is awash
Adjective
1. covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
(synonym) afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated, overflowing
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Awash Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Awash Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
- See for the meaning "in water with the top at water level".
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Awash Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
Washed by the sea as level with or washed by waves. In such a position or way as to be covered with or as if with water.
