awash

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awash¹

  • /əˈwɒʃ/

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adjective more awash · most awash

  1. 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. The former rock is awash at low water […]
  2. broadly Covered, overspread (with or in something). Tonight, his mind was awash with visions:

Similar: aslosh

Awash²

proper noun

  1. A market town in central Ethiopia.
  2. A river in Ethiopia, after which the town is named.

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adj washed by the waves or tide

Españolinundado
Deutschüberschwemmt
Italianoinondato
Русскийзаливаемый zalivajemyj
العربيةمغسول بالأمواج

adj covered, overspread

Русскийпокрытый pokrytyj

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@misc{awash_2026,
  title = {awash},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/awash},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}