Synonyms for awash
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-wosh, uh-wawsh |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈwɒʃ, əˈwɔʃ |
Définition of awash
Origin :- 1825, originally nautical, "on the level of, flush with," from a- (1) "on" + wash (n.). Figurative use by 1912.
- adj wet
- adj big
- The bull followed, deeper and deeper, till his sides were awash.
- Extract from : « Wood Folk at School » by William J. Long
- Because it's awash an' visible only at the fall o' the spring tides.
- Extract from : « The Grain Ship » by Morgan Robertson
- She were all awash, though, sir, at high-water this morning!
- Extract from : « Bob Strong's Holidays » by John Conroy Hutcheson
- The boat was some fifty yards from land by now, and was awash in a broken current.
- Extract from : « Hurricane Island » by H. B. Marriott Watson
- My idea is they used that in the air, when they were running on the surface or just awash.
- Extract from : « The Radio Detectives Under the Sea » by A. Hyatt Verrill
- They was all below when they fired it, Sir, and were just awash when you exploded it.
- Extract from : « The Radio Detectives Under the Sea » by A. Hyatt Verrill
- But at times they were objectionable, especially when the gin was awash in the bilges.
- Extract from : « The Flying Bo'sun » by Arthur Mason
- As it was, the ship was awash fore and aft from seas breaking over her.
- Extract from : « The Flying Bo'sun » by Arthur Mason
- The conning tower was all out and the oval back of the submarine was awash.
- Extract from : « Fighting Byng » by A. Stone
- It was a day following a rain, and the streets were awash with yellow mud.
- Extract from : « Dominie Dean » by Ellis Parker Butler
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