swash
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8.1
- noun
- /swɑʃ/
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rompiente
- The swash carved out patterns on the shore, leaving behind traces of its movement.
- swash zone
- swash of the waves
- swash of water
Examples
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Children laughed as they played in the swash where the water met the sand.
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Grading also puts angular sediments back in the active swash.
Academic text (2008) -
"That little swash there goes back into the marsh.
Fiction book (1999) -
And these shore birds depend on that that shallow intertidal zone, that Swash zone to feed on benthic invertebrates.
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Gravel beaches are good for wave watching because the steep, permeable beach quickly dissipates swash uprush, and beach users can sit close to the breaking waves without being splashed by the swash.
Academic text (2008) -
The foreshore retreats rapidly as waves and swash rework sediments to adjust the shoreface profile to a gentler upper gradient.
Academic text (1990) -
The beach undergoes rapid transgression, and the topographic profile reveals a low washover fan subsequently covered with driftwood piled up by storm swash (see Figure 3).
Academic text (2008) -
As the tide came in, the gentle swash of the waves created a soothing sound on the beach.
Synonyms
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4.2
A sudden rushing sound when air or water moves quickly
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5.8
A soft rushing sound made when air or water moves quickly
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9.9
A soft sound of water hitting something
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7.4
The movement and sound made when something hits water or mud
Idioms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swash as a noun is the noisy movement of water on the shore and comes from the same sound word as wash and splash, so it means the sound or movement of waves breaking against land.