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Swash
The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken
📖 Definitions of "Swash"
noun
- 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
- 1
To swagger; to bluster and brag.
- 2
To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- 3
To fall violently or noisily.
adjective
- 1
Soft, like overripe fruit; swashy; squashy.
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