AWASH
What does "AWASH" mean?
Covered or flooded with water; or, figuratively, overflowing with something.
Meanings
- Level with or washed over by water; flooded. The deck was awash as the storm rolled the ship.
- Filled or overflowing with a large quantity of something. The market is awash in cheap imitations. figurative
Did you know?
- 'Awash' is a sailor's word first: it described a rock or deck sitting right at sea level, repeatedly washed over by the waves, before it ever meant 'awash in money' or 'awash in choices'.
Word origin
Formed from the prefix 'a-' (in a state of) plus 'wash'; originally a nautical term for something at or just below the water's surface, washed over by waves.
Remember it
AWASH = A + WASH. To be awash is to be in 'a wash' of water - or of anything.
A little poem
The low rock vanishes, then breaks the foam-
neither sunk nor saved, it simply waits
for the tide to decide which it is.
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What it teaches
Too much of a good thing still drowns you; abundance and flood share the same waterline.
Quick facts
What does AWASH mean?
Covered or flooded with water; or, figuratively, overflowing with something.
Is AWASH a valid word?
Yes — AWASH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is AWASH?
AWASH has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does AWASH come from?
Formed from the prefix 'a-' (in a state of) plus 'wash'; originally a nautical term for something at or just below the water's surface, washed over by waves.
What can AWASH teach us?
Too much of a good thing still drowns you; abundance and flood share the same waterline.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.