From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
awash \a*wash"\, adjective [Pref. a- + wash.]
1. Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore; or specifically: (Naut.) flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it; -- of an anchor, etc.
2. Abounding; filled; covered; -- used mostly with in or with, in phrases such as ''stores awash with customers''. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub" [syn: {afloat(p)}, {awash(p)}, {flooded}, {inundated}, {overflowing}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "awash": afloat, at flood, bathed, deluged, dipped, drenched, dribbling, dripping, dripping wet, drowned, engulfed, floating, flooded, immersed, in spate, inflood, inundated, macerated, oozing, overflowed, overwhelmed, permeated, saturated, seeping, soaked, soaking, soaking wet, soaky, sodden, soggy, sopping, sopping wet, soppy, soused, steeped, submerged, submersed, swamped, swept, washed, water-borne, water-washed, waterlogged, watersoaked, weeping, weltering, whelmed, wringing wet
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