overwashとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

overwash (三人称単数 現在形 overwashes, 現在分詞 overwashing, 過去形および過去分詞形 overwashed)

1. (transitive) To wash too much or too often.
   • 2007 January 15, Janet Maslin, “The Vampire Wears Flannel, and He Cheats on His Tan”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (intransitive) To become flooded.
   • 1998, Lee Gutkind, A view from the divide (page 104)

     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.

名詞

overwash (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 overwashes)

1. The flow of water and sediment over the crest of a beach that does not directly return to the water body.

アナグラム

• wash over, washover