Associations to the word «Swash»

Wiktionary

SWASH, noun. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken
SWASH, noun. (typography) a long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
SWASH, noun. 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.
SWASH, noun. (obsolete) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
SWASH, noun. (obsolete) A blustering noise.
SWASH, noun. (obsolete) swaggering behaviour.
SWASH, noun. (obsolete) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
SWASH, noun. (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
SWASH, verb. (intransitive) To swagger; to bluster and brag.
SWASH, verb. (intransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
SWASH, verb. (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
SWASH, adjective. Soft, like overripe fruit; swashy; squashy.

Dictionary definition

SWASH, noun. The movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach".
SWASH, verb. Make violent, noisy movements.
SWASH, verb. Dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water".
SWASH, verb. Show off.
SWASH, verb. Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner.

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy