different between awash vs afloat

English

Etymology

a- +? wash

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??w??/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

awash (comparative more awash, superlative most awash)

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.
   • 1835, Martin White, Sailing Directions for the English Channel, London: The Hydrographic Office, Admiralty p. 26,^[1]

     The former rock is awash at low water […]
2. (by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something).
   • 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.

   • 2019, Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport, Galley Beggar Press,^[3]

     […] the whole country’s awash in guns and Bibles,

   • 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Liquid Samurai), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch, scene: opening:

Synonyms

• aslosh

Translations

Anagrams

• sawah

English

Etymology

a- +? float

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??flo?t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Adverb

afloat (not comparable)

1. floating

   A rubber duck and other toys were afloat in the bath.

2. Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded.

   The decks are afloat.

3. Out at sea.
4. Making successful progress under one's own steam.

   The donation will keep our business afloat for quite a while.

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