swash

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Synonyms: swish, smash, slash, sash, awash, swath, stash, wash, shash, swosh, siwash

Antonyms: swish, smash, slash, sash, awash, swath, stash, wash, shash, swosh, siwash

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|technical}} The water that washes up on [[shore]] after an incoming [[wave]] has broken.
2. 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.
3. A [[wet]] [[splash]]ing sound.
4. A [[smooth]] [[stroke]]; a [[swish]].
5. A swishing noise.
6. {{lb|en|typography}} A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some [[typeface]]s and styles of [[calligraphy]].
7. A [[streak]] or [[patch]].
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Liquid [[filth]]; wash; hog mash.
9. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[bluster]]ing noise.
10. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[swaggering]] behaviour.
11. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[swaggering]] fellow; a [[swasher]].
12. {{lb|en|architecture}} An [[oval]] [[figure]], whose [[moulding]]s are [[oblique]] to the [[axis]] of the work.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[swagger]]; to act with [[boldness]] or [[bluster]] (toward).
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[dash]] or [[flow]] noisily; to [[splash]].
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[swirl]] through liquid; to [[swish]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[wade]] forcefully through liquid.
5. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[swipe]].
6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To fall violently or noisily.
7. To [[streak]], to color in a swash.

Adjective

1. [[bold]]; [[dramatic]].
2. {{lb|en|typography}} Having pronounced swashes.

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