awash

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.

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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

Thesaurus

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" flooded, inundated, overflowing, afloat 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"

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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 awash → la casa estaba inundada
the deck is awash → la cubierta está a flor de agua

2. (fig) we are awash with applicants → estamos 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 etc → überspült; cellar → unter Wasser; to be awash with blood/money → im Blut/Geld schwimmen; to be awash with water → unter 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)