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Awash

//əˈwɒʃ// adj, name

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Adjective
  1. 1
    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.

    "The former rock is awash at low water […]"

  2. 2
    Covered, overspread (with or in something). broadly

    "Tonight, his mind was awash with visions:"

Adjective
  1. 1
    covered with water wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A market town in central Ethiopia.
  2. 2
    A river in Ethiopia, after which the town is named.

Etymology

From a- + wash.

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