| NOUN | event | swash | the movement or sound of water |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | motion | swash | make violent, noisy movements |
| contact | swash, spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against | |
| communication | swash, boast, tout, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | show off | |
| body | swash, swagger, bluster | act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner |
| Meaning | The movement or sound of water. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the swash of waves on the beach" | |
| Broader | wave, moving ridge | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
| Verbs | swash | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against |
| Meaning | make violent, noisy movements. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Meaning | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Synonyms | spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh | |
| Narrower | puddle | make a puddle by splashing water |
| slosh, slush, slosh around, slush around | spill or splash copiously or clumsily | |
| Broader | scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse | Distribute loosely |
| Spanish | mojar, salpicar | |
| Catalan | esquitxar, mullar, ruixar | |
| Nouns | swash | the movement or sound of water |
| Meaning | show off. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody | |
| Synonyms | boast, tout, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | |
| Narrower | gloat, triumph, crow | Dwell on with satisfaction |
| puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner | |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| Spanish | alardear, bravear, dragonear, fachendear, fanfarronear, farolear, gallardear, gloriarse, jactarse, ostentar, presumir, ufanarse, vanagloriarse | |
| Catalan | fanfarronejar, gallejar, jactar-se, vanar-se | |
| Meaning | Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | swagger, bluster | |
| Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
| Spanish | fanfarronear | |
| Catalan | faronejar | |
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