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awash

adj · name · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈwɒʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 W AA1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Covered, overspread (with or in something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A market town in central Ethiopia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A river in Ethiopia, after which the town is named.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash English awash From a- + wash.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مغسول بالأمواج — washed by the waves or tide
  • Bulgarian: залят (zaljat) — washed by the waves or tide
  • Bulgarian: наводнен (navodnen) — washed by the waves or tide
  • Danish: overskyllet — washed by the waves or tide
  • Dutch: blank — washed by the waves or tide
  • Dutch: overspoeld — washed by the waves or tide
  • Finnish: veden peitossa — washed by the waves or tide
  • Finnish: vesirajassa — washed by the waves or tide
  • German: überschwemmt — washed by the waves or tide
  • Hungarian: vízzel elárasztott — washed by the waves or tide
  • Hungarian: elárasztott — washed by the waves or tide
  • Italian: inondato — washed by the waves or tide
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overskyllet — washed by the waves or tide
  • Russian: заливаемый (zalivajemyj) — washed by the waves or tide
  • Spanish: inundado — washed by the waves or tide
  • Russian: покрытый (pokrytyj) — covered, overspread