awash

Etymology

a- + wash

adj

  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 […] 1835, Martin White, Sailing Directions for the English Channel, London: The Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, page 26
    but the river’s in flood / and the roads are awash / and the bridges break up / in the panic of loss. 1979, Leonard Cohen (lyrics and music), “Ballad of the Absent Mare”, in Recent Songs
  2. (by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
    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. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 162
    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.
    Bulgaria's only attacking weapon was the wayward shooting of Martin Petrov, whereas England's attacking options were awash with movement in the shape of Rooney, Young and Walcott. September 2, 2011, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC
    […] the whole country’s awash in guns and Bibles, 2019, Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport, Galley Beggar Press
    THE LIQUID SAMURAI ROSE, AWASH IN THE MIRROR'S MAGIC. 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Liquid Samurai), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch, scene: opening
    Brighton station is awash with people paying a visit to the seaside. November 16 2022, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55

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