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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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