awash

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash English awash From a- + wash.

1. 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.”

2. Covered, overspread (with or in something).

   “Tonight, his mind was awash with visions:”

   “In the Sumerian language the word for water also means semen, and since Enki is the god of water, he is therefore the god of semen. In this ode to the Great Father, the land of the Sumerians is literally awash with semen.”

name

1. A market town in central Ethiopia.
2. A river in Ethiopia, after which the town is named.