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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.
- The former rock is awash at low water […]
- The deck was continually awash with the sea which came inboard over the rail and through the scuppers.
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Covered, overspread (with or in something).broadly
- 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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