awash

awash

adjective \ə-ˈwȯsh, -ˈwäsh\

Definition of AWASH

1

a : alternately covered and exposed by waves or tide

b : washing about : afloat

c : covered with water : flooded

2

: filled, covered, or completely overrun as if by a flood <a movie awash in sentimentality>

Examples of AWASH

1. The deck of the boat was almost awash.
2. <the streets were awash from the heavy rains>

First Known Use of AWASH

1831

Related to AWASH

Synonyms

wet, bathed, bedraggled, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, logged, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, watered, waterlogged, water-soaked, watery

Antonyms

arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

Related Words

deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed; submerged, swamped; hydrated; dipped, dunked, splashed; aqueous; steeped; flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced; clammy, damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, semimoist, wettish; boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy

Near Antonyms

bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry; waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight; baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried; droughty, parched, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty; wrung

Rhymes with AWASH

backwash, cohosh, czardas, Dias, downwash, eyewash, galosh, ganache, goulash, kibosh, Lammasch, midrash, mishmash, mouthwash, musquash, panache, rainwash, Siwash, whitewash, wish-wash

Awash

geographical name \ˈä-ˌwäsh\

Definition of AWASH

river 500 miles (805 kilometers) E Ethiopia flowing NE