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awash Listen to audioˈwɑ:ʃ/ adjective
not used before a noun
1 : flooded with or covered by water or another liquid
The deck of the boat was almost awash.usually + with or (US) in a floor awash with/in wateroften used figuratively streets awash in/with litter [=streets covered with litter]
2 US : floating in a large amount of water or another liquid — + in The soup consisted of little bits of chicken awash in a tasteless broth.often used figuratively He was awash in a sea of confusion. They were awash in debt.

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