swash
/swɑʃ/
verb
- To move with a splashing or rushing sound, like water.
- Rainwater swashed down the gutter.
- The river swashed against the rocks.
- The bucket swashed as he carried it across the deck.
noun
- The rush of water up onto a beach or shore after a wave breaks.
- We listened to the gentle swash of the tide at sunset.
- The swash of the waves left foam on the sand.
- The swash carried small shells up the beach.
- A narrow channel of water between a sandbank and the shore.
- The boat navigated through the swash to reach the lagoon.
- Birds waded in the shallow swash behind the dunes.
- We kayaked along the swash at low tide.