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Meaning of swash

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

swash

noun

Definitions

  1. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken

  2. A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.

  3. 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.

  4. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.

verb

Definitions

  1. To swagger; to bluster and brag.

  2. To dash or flow noisily; to splash.

  3. To fall violently or noisily.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Soft, like overripe fruit; swashy; squashy.