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a⋅wash

  [uh-wosh, uh-wawsh]
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–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

A⋅wash

  [ah-wahsh]
–noun
a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 mi. (805 km) long.
Also, Hawash.
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a·wash   (ə-wŏsh', ə-wôsh')   
adv.  

    1. Washed by the sea.

    2. 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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

awash 
1833, from a- (1) "on" + wash (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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