awash
awash Lexical Profile
awash Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Containing an excessively large amount or overwhelming abundance of something.
"During the holiday season, the charity organization found itself awash in generous donations from the local community."
Covered, flooded, or leveled with water.
"Following the severe coastal storm, the low-lying coastal roads were completely awash and impassable."
• adverb
In a manner of being washed over or flooded by water.
"The ship's main deck ran awash as massive waves continuously crashed over the bow during the gale."
Word Nuance & Usage
As an adjective, 'awash' acts as a strict predicate adjective; it is only used after a linking verb (e.g., 'the deck was awash') and never attributively before a noun (e.g., not 'the awash deck').
• Rhymes for awash
Word Origin & Etymology
Originates from the mid-19th century as a nautical term to describe rocks or shoals level with the surface of the water, formed by combining the prefix 'a-' (meaning 'on' or 'in') with 'wash' (the surging movement of the sea).