Awash
adjective
Covered or filled with a lot of something.
The city is awash with tourists during the summer months.
Often appears as...
- city is awash
- market is awash
adjective
Covered or full of water.
After the rain, the streets were awash.
Often appears as...
- streets are awash
- fields are awash
adjective
Having a noticeable amount of something, often something undesirable or harmful.
The town was awash with criminal activity.
Often appears as...
- town is awash
- community is awash
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Covered or filled with a lot of something.
The city is awash with tourists during the summer months.
Often appears as...
- city is awash
- market is awash
adjective
Covered or full of water.
After the rain, the streets were awash.
Often appears as...
- streets are awash
- fields are awash
adjective
Having a noticeable amount of something, often something undesirable or harmful.
The town was awash with criminal activity.
Often appears as...
- town is awash
- community is awash
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Common Contexts
Use 'awash' to describe places overflowing with people, emotions, colors, or lights.
The festival was awash with vibrant colors and joyful music.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Awash' can imply an overwhelming or excessive presence of something.
The newsfeeds were awash with celebrity gossip.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Negative
Although often used for negative aspects, 'awash' can also reflect abundance in positive contexts.
Her voice was awash with warmth and kindness.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Contexts
Use 'awash' to describe places overflowing with people, emotions, colors, or lights.
The festival was awash with vibrant colors and joyful music.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Awash' can imply an overwhelming or excessive presence of something.
The newsfeeds were awash with celebrity gossip.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Negative
Although often used for negative aspects, 'awash' can also reflect abundance in positive contexts.
Her voice was awash with warmth and kindness.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Contexts
Use 'awash' to describe places overflowing with people, emotions, colors, or lights.
The festival was awash with vibrant colors and joyful music.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Awash' can imply an overwhelming or excessive presence of something.
The newsfeeds were awash with celebrity gossip.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Negative
Although often used for negative aspects, 'awash' can also reflect abundance in positive contexts.
Her voice was awash with warmth and kindness.
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A shark-deterrent...
I didn't think about that much at the time, and it wasn't until the next three fatal shark attacks happened, and it caused me to think, maybe there's some merit to this idea. And I turned to the web to see if there might be some clues. And it turns out the web is awash with this sort of evidence that supports
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Michael Tilson Thomas:...
by taking over the role that notation had always played, shifted the balance within music between instinct and intelligence way over to the instinctive side. The culture in which we live now is awash with music of improvisation that's been sliced, diced, layered
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Caribou Spot Wolves...
particularly powerful weapon snow reflects ultraviolet light so although we can't see it this is a world awash with UV more importantly for the caribou and I think that doesn't reflect UV like wool fur stands out against the
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Venturing into the Heart...
picture manila the sprawling capital of the philippines and the center of a violent government crackdown on the drug trade the city is awash with crime scenes neighbors come out of their homes to
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What type of world do we...
in a changing ocean in fact this is of just an example of a place near Coco's it's a world heritage area it's a hope spot it is a place that is now awash in
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The key to a better...
We could see just a tiny fraction of what the parasite really looked like. Today, we are awash with technology, advanced imaging and omics platforms --
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The surprising cause of...
awash in hormones and chemicals. The stomach is under constant attack by digestive enzymes, bile, proteins, microbes, and the stomach's own acid.
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Coral Gardening PIPE South...
while reefs that were replanted a year ago are already starting to bloom in a few more years this area should be awash with fish
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Top 5 Inspirational...
while reefs that were replanted a year ago are already starting to bloom in a few more years this area should be awash with fish
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An unexpected tool for...
The world is awash with divisive arguments, conflict, fake news, victimhood,
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A shark-deterrent...
I didn't think about that much at the time, and it wasn't until the next three fatal shark attacks happened, and it caused me to think, maybe there's some merit to this idea. And I turned to the web to see if there might be some clues. And it turns out the web is awash with this sort of evidence that supports
Video examples
Michael Tilson Thomas:...
by taking over the role that notation had always played, shifted the balance within music between instinct and intelligence way over to the instinctive side. The culture in which we live now is awash with music of improvisation that's been sliced, diced, layered
Video examples
Caribou Spot Wolves...
particularly powerful weapon snow reflects ultraviolet light so although we can't see it this is a world awash with UV more importantly for the caribou and I think that doesn't reflect UV like wool fur stands out against the
Video examples
Venturing into the Heart...
picture manila the sprawling capital of the philippines and the center of a violent government crackdown on the drug trade the city is awash with crime scenes neighbors come out of their homes to
Video examples
What type of world do we...
in a changing ocean in fact this is of just an example of a place near Coco's it's a world heritage area it's a hope spot it is a place that is now awash in
Video examples
The key to a better...
We could see just a tiny fraction of what the parasite really looked like. Today, we are awash with technology, advanced imaging and omics platforms --
Video examples
The surprising cause of...
awash in hormones and chemicals. The stomach is under constant attack by digestive enzymes, bile, proteins, microbes, and the stomach's own acid.
Video examples
Coral Gardening PIPE South...
while reefs that were replanted a year ago are already starting to bloom in a few more years this area should be awash with fish
Video examples
Top 5 Inspirational...
while reefs that were replanted a year ago are already starting to bloom in a few more years this area should be awash with fish
Video examples
An unexpected tool for...
The world is awash with divisive arguments, conflict, fake news, victimhood,
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Quote examples
Nick Davies
British Journalist
Once, the world was full of mysteries, some of them frightening, some of them wonderful, some of them merely fascinating. Now, it can be a banal and predictable place, the tracks of daily life so well-beaten and defined, our culture awash with the imbecile obvious, our existence suffocating in safety. But mysteries remain.
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Tom Reiss
American Author
Today, the world is so awash in sugar - it is such a staple of the modern diet, associated with all that is cheap and unhealthy - that it's hard to believe things were once exactly the opposite. The West Indies were colonized in a world where sugar was seen as a scarce, luxurious, and profoundly health-giving substance.
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Clayton M. Christensen
American Author
Empowering innovations require long-term investments, which tie up capital for years and years. So companies are using capital to create more capital, and consequently, the world is awash in capital, but the innovations we need to advance aren't there.
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Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
The argument by the anti-gay-marriage crowd is so absurd, so internally contradictory, and so awash in unproven assertions that it is difficult to take it as anything more than a construct cobbled together by people who just don't like those people.
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Michael Moore
American Activist
Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash.
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Alison Moyet
British Musician
My strength as a singer is my versatility. I find it really frustrating when I'm only expected to show off. The music industry is awash with female acrobats. What happens to the song, and treating it for its sake and not as an ego example?
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Hallie Ephron
American Novelist
Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.
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Michael Douglas
American Actor
There are not a lot of sons or daughters of actors who have made it. Hollywood is awash with failures.
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Max Levchin
Ukrainian Businessman
The world is now awash in data and we can see consumers in a lot clearer ways.
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Richard Morris
English Clergyman
Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music.
Quote examples
Nick Davies
British Journalist
Once, the world was full of mysteries, some of them frightening, some of them wonderful, some of them merely fascinating. Now, it can be a banal and predictable place, the tracks of daily life so well-beaten and defined, our culture awash with the imbecile obvious, our existence suffocating in safety. But mysteries remain.
Quote examples
Tom Reiss
American Author
Today, the world is so awash in sugar - it is such a staple of the modern diet, associated with all that is cheap and unhealthy - that it's hard to believe things were once exactly the opposite. The West Indies were colonized in a world where sugar was seen as a scarce, luxurious, and profoundly health-giving substance.
Quote examples
Clayton M. Christensen
American Author
Empowering innovations require long-term investments, which tie up capital for years and years. So companies are using capital to create more capital, and consequently, the world is awash in capital, but the innovations we need to advance aren't there.
Quote examples
Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
The argument by the anti-gay-marriage crowd is so absurd, so internally contradictory, and so awash in unproven assertions that it is difficult to take it as anything more than a construct cobbled together by people who just don't like those people.
Quote examples
Michael Moore
American Activist
Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash.
Quote examples
Alison Moyet
British Musician
My strength as a singer is my versatility. I find it really frustrating when I'm only expected to show off. The music industry is awash with female acrobats. What happens to the song, and treating it for its sake and not as an ego example?
Quote examples
Hallie Ephron
American Novelist
Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.
Quote examples
Michael Douglas
American Actor
There are not a lot of sons or daughters of actors who have made it. Hollywood is awash with failures.
Quote examples
Max Levchin
Ukrainian Businessman
The world is now awash in data and we can see consumers in a lot clearer ways.
Quote examples
Richard Morris
English Clergyman
Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music.
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