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Awash

Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

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Full 84% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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Full 84% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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Afloat 92% connected

Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.

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Flooded 92% connected

of Flood

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of Inundate

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of Overflow

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Alluvion noun · 78% connection

An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.

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Anchor verb · 78% connection

To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.

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Anchored adjective · 78% connection

Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.

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Ashore adverb · 78% connection

On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…

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Astay adverb · 78% connection

An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.

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Batten n . · 78% connection

A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long…

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Beach noun · 78% connection

The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.

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Breaker noun · 78% connection

A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.

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Buoy noun · 78% connection

A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, a…

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Chop noun · 78% connection

the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide); "the boat headed into the chop"

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Eagre noun · 78% connection

A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly calle…

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Ebb tide unknown · 78% connection

The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide.

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Fillet noun · 78% connection

A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting b…

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Flood noun · 78% connection

the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the f…

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Flood tide noun · 78% connection

the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the f…

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Flow verb · 78% connection

To rise, as the tide; -- opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.

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Flush adjective · 78% connection

Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.

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Flux noun · 78% connection

The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.

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