awash
/əˈwɒʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.76 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
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.
adj
Covered, overspread (with or in something).
name
A market town in central Ethiopia.
Example Sentences
- "The former rock is awash at low water […]"
- "The deck was continually awash with the sea which came inboard over the rail and through the scuppers."
- "but the river’s in flood / and the roads are awash / and the bridges break up / in the panic of loss."
- "Tonight, his mind was awash with visions:"
- "In the Sumerian language the word for water also means semen, and since Enki is the god of water, he is therefore the god of semen. In this ode to the Great Father, the land of the Sumerians is literally awash with semen."
- "2005, Chris Ramirez, 2nd find excites museum diggers," The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug, The Valley landscape was more awash with greenery some 11,000 years ago."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash English awash From a- + wash.
Inflected Forms
more awash (comparative)
most awash (superlative)