Awash

Definition: Awash

Awash

Adjective

1. 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 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "awash" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references)

Note: Awash \A*wash"\, adjective. [Prefix a- wash.]. (Websters 1913)

Geography

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Awash

Crosswords: Awash

I'm awash in a sea of confusion. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Afloat and Awash in the Old Northwest (reference)

• Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People (Studies in Cultural History) (reference)

• Awash in Color: Homer, Sargent, and the Great American Watercolor (reference)

• Awash in the Blood (reference)

• Awash in the Mainstream: Latino Politics in the 1996 Elections (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Scene looking aft on the main deck, with crewmen relaxing as water keeps the deck awash, during the Spanish-American War, 1898. Credit: NAVY.

View looking aft with deck awash, while the monitor was operating at sea off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 4 May 1898. Note water splashing up from the open propeller well, and the "flying" deck structure overhead. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

City streets become awash with banners that scream the same message. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

The Kenyan computer market has historically been awash with undocumented computer imports in response to high tariffs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "awash": anchor awash ♦ be awash ♦ The anchor is awash. Additional references.

Albanian

që e merr dallga, pluskues (buoyant, float, floatable, floating, supernatant), mbi valë, mbi ujë (afloat), i lagur (dabby, damp, soggy, sopping, soppy, wet). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مغسول بالأمواج, ‏متقاذف (vexing), ‏تتلاطم الأمواج. (various references)

Bulgarian 

тласкан от вълните. (various references)

Chinese 

充满 (Plenum, Replete, repletion). (various references)

Danish

awash, i overfladen. (various references)

Dutch

tussen wind en water, op het reductievlak, gelijk met de waterspiegel. (various references)

Farsi 

مماس باسطح اب , لبریز (Full, Large, Profuse, Replete), سرگردان برروی امواج دریا. (various references)

Finnish

veden rajassa. (various references)

French

� fleur d'eau. (various references)

German

zwischen Wind und Wasser, von Wasser umspuelt, in der Wasseroberflaeche, in der Wasserlinie, überspült. (various references)

Greek 

ίσαλος (waterline). (various references)

Hungarian

vízzel elöntött, vízzel elárasztott, víztől mosott, vízmosta (away), vízen fennmaradó, hullámoktól nyaldosott. (various references)

Indonesian

setinggi muka air. (various references)

Italian

inondato. (various references)

Manx

'syn ushtey, fo ushtey (sub-aqua, submerged, under water), er snaue (floating, swimming). (various references)

Pig Latin

awashay

Portuguese

aflora, inundado (submerged, waterlogged), flutuante (afloat, buoyant, floating, flowing, flying, supernatant, unfunded, wavy), � tona de agua, � tona da água, � superfície. (various references)

Romanian

acoperit de apã, spãlat de ape, scãldat de valuri, la nivel cu apã. (various references)

Russian 

смытый водой, качающийся на волнах. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

na nivou vode. (various references)

Spanish

a flor de agua. (various references)

Swedish

i vattenbrynet, översvämmad (gone to water), överspolad. (various references)

Turkish

suda yüzen, su seviyesi ile beraber, dalgalarla yıkanmış. (various references)

Ukrainian

на поверхні води, змитий водою, затоплений водою. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vị ngữ trôi nổi trên mặt nước bị sóng cuốn đi, bị sóng đưa đi; bị ngập sóng. (various references)

Misspellings

"Awash" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaaaaah, aaaaah, aaaagh, aaahh, Aaahs, aah, aahh, aahhhh, aahs, aash, adath, Akaash, akash, amash, Anwoth, Arashi, awacs, awans, Awdah, awis, awsa, fatwahs, gwash, iwasg, iwish, mawashi, mawdach, Oyash, Sawalha, waaah, waish, wasatch. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aahs, haws, shaw, wash.

-2 letters: aah, aas, aha, ash, awa, has, haw, saw, sha, was, wha.

-3 letters: aa, ah, as, aw, ha, sh.

+1 letter: bashaw, cashaw.

+2 letters: bashaws, carwash, cashaws, hacksaw, handsaw, kwachas, sahiwal, wallahs, washday, washrag.

+3 letters: archways, backwash, chainsaw, flatwash, hacksaws, hallways, handsaws, hawkshaw, haywards, headways, narwhals, pathways, rainwash, sahiwals, shwanpan, strawhat, warheads, warpaths, washable, washdays, washrags.

+4 letters: ballhawks, brainwash, carwashes, chainsaws, drawshave, hardwares, hatchways, hawkshaws, hereaways, hideaways, narwhales, shareware, shwanpans, tomahawks, wahcondas, washables, washbasin, washboard, washerman, washstand, washwoman, watchcase, waveshape, wharfages, wheatears.