swash
(noun) the movement or sound of water; “the swash of waves on the beach”
swagger, bluster, swash
(verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
(verb) show off
spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash
(verb) dash a liquid upon or against; “The mother splashed the baby’s face with water”
swash
(verb) make violent, noisy movements
Source: WordNet® 3.1
swash (countable and uncountable, plural swashes)
The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken
(typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
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.
(obsolete) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
(obsolete) A blustering noise.
(obsolete) swaggering behaviour.
(obsolete) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
(architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
swash (third-person singular simple present swashes, present participle swashing, simple past and past participle swashed)
(intransitive) To swagger; to bluster and brag.
(ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
(intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
swash (comparative more swash, superlative most swash)
Soft, like overripe fruit; swashy; squashy.
• shaws, shwas
Source: Wiktionary
Swash, n. Etym: [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] (Arch.)
Definition: An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. Moxon. Swash plate (Mach.), a revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft.
Swash, a. Etym: [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.]
Definition: Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
Swash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swashing.] Etym: [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for sense 3, Sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.]
1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
2. To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.] Holinshed.
3. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
Swash, n.
1. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
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. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. [Obs.]
4. A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. [Obs.]
5. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
