ə+ adverb (or adjective)
Etymology: a- (I) + wash, v.
1.
a. : alternately covered and exposed by the waves of tide : washed by the sea
two whales spouting close to the factory and lying carelessly awash — R.B.Robertson
a group of great islands almost awash with the sea — C.O.Dunbar
b. : washing about : afloat
everything movable on deck was awash
c. : covered with water : flooded
the street was awash after the sudden storm
2. : marked by an abundance : full , overflowing
the resulting music is awash with decayed Viennese romanticism — Herbert Weinstock
here is the household awash with children — Brendan Gill