seep vs swash

seep

verb
  • To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc. 

  • (of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak. 

  • To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse. 

  • To diminish or wane away slowly. 

noun
  • The seeping away of a liquid, etc. 

  • A seafloor vent. 

  • Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage. 

  • A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping. 

swash

verb
  • To wade forcefully through liquid. 

  • To swipe. 

  • To streak, to color in a swash. 

  • To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward). 

  • To fall violently or noisily. 

  • To dash or flow noisily; to splash. 

  • To swirl through liquid; to swish. 

adj
  • bold; dramatic. 

  • Having pronounced swashes. 

noun
  • A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy. 

  • A smooth stroke; a swish. 

  • A wet splashing sound. 

  • The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken. 

  • A streak or patch. 

  • 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. 

  • A swishing noise. 

  • An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work. 

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