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awash

1

[ uh-wosh, uh-wawsh ]

adjective

  1. Nautical.
    1. just level with or scarcely above the surface of the water, so that waves break over the top.
    2. 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.



Awash

2

[ ah-wahsh ]

noun

  1. a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.

awash

/ əˈɒʃ /

adverb

  1. at a level even with the surface of the sea
  2. washed over by the waves
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of awash1

First recorded in 1825–35; a- 1 + wash
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“Mexico has one gun store in the entire nation, yet the nation is awash in guns,” lawyers for the Mexican government told the U.S.

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