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Meaning of 'swash' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Swash [ n.]
- Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
- A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.
- A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
2 . Swash [ v. i.]
- To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
- To fall violently or noisily.
- To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
3 . Swash [ v. t.]
- An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
- Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.

Meaning of 'swash' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . swash [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the movement or sound of water
Example in sentence:
  • the swash of waves on the beach
2 . swash [ v]
Meaning (2):
- dash a liquid upon or against
Example in sentence:
  • The mother splashed the baby's face with water

Nearby Words:

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