awash Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite covered with water
    flooded; afloat; overflowing; inundated.
    • the main deck was afloat (or awash)
    • the monsoon left the whole place awash
    • a flooded bathroom
    • inundated farmlands
    • an overflowing tub

WordNet

A*wash" adjective
Etymology
Pref. a- + wash.
Definitions
  1. Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

Webster 1913