AWASH

awash, afloat(p), flooded, inundated, overflowing

(adjective) covered with water; “the main deck was afloat (or awash)”; “the monsoon left the whole place awash”; “a flooded bathroom”; “inundated farmlands”; “an overflowing tub”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

awash (comparative more awash, superlative most awash)

Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc, when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.

(by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).

Anagrams

• sawah

Source: Wiktionary


A*wash", a. Etym: [Pref. a- + wash.]

Definition: Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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