awash

awash

adj \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

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Rhymes with AWASH

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