SWASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swash mean? 

• SWASH (noun)
  The noun SWASH has 1 sense:

1. the movement or sound of water

  Familiarity information: SWASH used as a noun is very rare.

• SWASH (verb)
  The verb SWASH has 4 senses:

1. make violent, noisy movements

2. dash a liquid upon or against

3. show off

4. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

  Familiarity information: SWASH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The movement or sound of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

the swash of waves on the beach

Hypernyms ("swash" is a kind of...):

moving ridge; wave (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))

Derivation:

swash (dash a liquid upon or against)

• SWASH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they swash    ... he / she / it swashes   
Past simple: swashed   
Past participle: swashed   
-ing form: swashing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make violent, noisy movements

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "swash" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dash a liquid upon or against

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

plash; spatter; splash; splatter; splosh; swash

Context example:

The mother splashed the baby's face with water

Hypernyms (to "swash" is one way to...):

disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "swash"):

puddle (make a puddle by splashing water)

slosh; slosh around; slush; slush around (spill or splash copiously or clumsily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

swash (the movement or sound of water)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Show off

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt

Hypernyms (to "swash" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "swash"):

puff (speak in a blustering or scornful manner)

crow; gloat; triumph (dwell on with satisfaction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

bluster; swagger; swash

Hypernyms (to "swash" is one way to...):

act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

The bow plunged down, just missing me and sending a swash of water clear over my head.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Sherlock Holmes sat moodily at one side of the fireplace cross-indexing his records of crime, while I at the other was deep in one of Clark Russell’s fine sea-stories until the howl of the gale from without seemed to blend with the text, and the splash of the rain to lengthen out into the long swash of the sea waves.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)