"overwash" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From over- + wash.",
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        "To wash too much or too often."
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        "(transitive) To wash too much or too often."
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          "text": "The waves overwashed the stony beach.",
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        "To wash or flood over."
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        "(transitive) To wash or flood over."
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          "text": "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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        "To become flooded."
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        "(intransitive) To become flooded."
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        "To wash too much or too often."
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        "(transitive) To wash too much or too often."
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        "(transitive) To wash or flood over."
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        "(intransitive) To become flooded."
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