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awash

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a·wash  (-wsh, -wôsh)
adv.
1.
a. Washed by the sea.
b. Washing about.
2. In such a position or way as to be covered with or as if with water.
adj.
1. Level with or washed by waves.
2. Overflowing with or as if with water: "Some of America's big cities are awash in vacant office space" (Ross K. Baker).
3. Floating on or as if on waves.

awash [əˈwɒʃ]
adv & adj (postpositive) Nautical
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) at a level even with the surface of the sea
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) washed over by the waves
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.awash - 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"
full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"

awash
adjective
1. flooded, drowned, engulfed, submerged, immersed, afloat, inundated, deluged, submersed The bathroom floor was awash.
2. overburdened, overwhelmed, swamped a company which is awash with cash
Translations
awash [əˈwɒʃ] ADJ
1. (with water) → inundado
the house was awashla casa estaba inundada
the deck is awashla cubierta está a flor de agua
2. (fig) we are awash with applicantsestamos inundados de solicitudes
awash [əˈwɒʃ] adj
(= flooded) → inondé(e)
awash with sth [+ water, mud] → inondé(e) de qch
(fig) awash with sth [+ money] → inondé(e) de qch
awash
adj pred decks, rocks etcüberspült; cellarunter Wasser; to be awash with blood/moneyim Blut/Geld schwimmen; to be awash with waterunter Wasser stehen; Rome was awash with rumours (Brit) or rumors (US) → in Rom kursierten Tausende or tausende von Gerüchten
awash [əˈwɒʃ] adj awash (with)inondato/a (da)
awash [əˈwɒʃ] adj awash (with)inondato/a (da)


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It was an image, an image of a log awash that was different from any log in that it was alive.
The South Spit was just awash with the flowing tide; the waters heaved over the hidden face of the Shivering Sand.
Suddenly, half-concealed in the tumult of the foaming rollers I made out awash, something enormous, rising and falling - something spread out like a burst of foam, but with a more bluish, more solid look.
 
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