Meaning of overwash | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To wash too much or too often.
   transitive
2. To wash or flood over.
   transitive
3. To become flooded.
   intransitive

Examples

“Even worse than being caught in daylight is the mortification, by Mr. Moore’s nocturnal lights, of wearing black clothes so overwashed that they start⟳ to look⟳ gray.”

“The waves overwashed the stony beach.”

“A man on one of the beach islands sends his wife and kids to the shelter⟳, remains behind with their dog to finish⟳ boarding up the house, then the only road off the island overwashes, and he's cut⟳ off.”

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