Adjective

(en adjective)

Washed by the waves or tide; said 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.

* 1904 , , The Sea-Wolf , ch. 39,

The deck was continually awash with the sea which came inboard over the rail and through the scuppers.

(by extension) Covered, overspread.

* 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.

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, year=2011 , date=September 2 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Bulgaria 0-3 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=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.}}