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A·wash
(ä′wäsh′) also Ha·wash (hä′-) A river of eastern Ethiopia flowing about 1,200 km (750 mi) northeast to the Danakil Desert.
a·wash
(ə-wŏsh′, ə-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: "Machines like Watson will be awash in new and rising rivers of data" (Stephen Baker).
3. Floating on or as if on waves.
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awash
(əˈwɒʃ)adv, adj (postpositive)
1. (Nautical Terms) at a level even with the surface of the sea
2. (Nautical Terms) washed over by the waves
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a•wash
(əˈwɒʃ, əˈwɔʃ)adj., adv.
1. just level with the surface of the water, so that waves break over the top.
2. covered with water.
3. tossed about by the waves.
4. covered, filled, or crowded: a garden awash in colors.
[1825–35]
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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
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awash
adjectiveFull to the point of flowing over:
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Translations
awash
[əˈwɒʃ] ADJ1. (with water) → inundado
the house was awash → la casa estaba inundada
the deck is awash → la cubierta está a flor de agua
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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
awash
[əˈwɒʃ] adj awash (with) → inondato/a (da)Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995