swash
The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has brokenThe water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
Meaning
12 senses(countable, uncountable)The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)A wet splashing sound.
the movement or sound of water
(countable, uncountable)A smooth stroke; a swish.
(countable, uncountable)A swishing noise.
(countable, uncountable)A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
(countable, uncountable)A streak or patch.
(countable, uncountable)An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A blustering noise.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Swaggering behaviour.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
Origin
Scandinavian. Compare Swedish dialect svasska, Norwegian svakka, English dialect swack (“aScandinavian. Compare Swedish dialect svasska, Norwegian svakka, English dialect swack (“a blow”).
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Forms
plural: swashesWord family
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