Awash (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective, adverb
  1. Nautical.
    • just level with or scarcely above the surface of the water, so that waves break over the top.
    • 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.
noun
  1. a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.
adverb, adjective (postpositive) nautical
  1. at a level even with the surface of the sea
  2. washed over by the waves
Awash (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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