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AWASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does awash mean? 

AWASH (adjective)
  The adjective AWASH has 1 sense:

1. covered with waterplay

  Familiarity information: AWASH used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AWASH (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Covered with water

Synonyms:

afloat; awash; flooded; inundated; overflowing

Context example:

an overflowing tub

Similar:

full (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal)


 Context examples 


The deck was continually awash with the sea which came inboard over the rail and through the scuppers.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A puff of wind was heeling the boat over till the deck was awash, and he, one hand on tiller and the other on main-sheet, was luffing slightly, at the same time peering ahead to make out the near-lying north shore.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Once, in a gust, the rail dipped under the sea, and the decks on that side were for the moment awash with water that made a couple of the hunters hastily lift their feet.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)



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