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awash
[
uh
-
wosh
,
uh
-
wawsh
]
Origin
a·wash
/
əˈwɒʃ
,
əˈwɔʃ
/
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[
uh
-
wosh
,
uh
-
wawsh
]
Show IPA
adjective, adverb
1.
Nautical
.
a.
just level with or scarcely above the surface of the water, so that waves
break
over the top.
b.
overflowing with water, as the upper deck of a ship in a heavy sea.
2.
covered with water.
3.
washing about; tossed about by the waves.
4.
covered, filled, or crowded:
streets awash with shoppers; a garden awash in brilliant colors.
Origin:
1825–35;
a-
1
+
wash
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A·wash
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wɑʃ
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[
ah
-wahsh
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noun
a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.
Also,
Ha·wash.
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awash
(əˈwɒʃ)
—
adv
, —
adj
1.
at a level even with the surface of the sea
2.
washed over by the waves
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
awash
1833, from
a-
(1) "on" +
wash
(q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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