What is the meaning of DASH. Phrases containing DASH
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imp. & p. p.
of Dash
n.
A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.
v. t.
The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
v. t.
To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.
n.
A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.
n.
A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.
v. t.
To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
v.
A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
v. t.
To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.
n.
A dashboard or splashboard.
n.
That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.
v. t.
To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Dash
n.
The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once.
n.
The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut.
n.
A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis.
n.
A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.
v. t.
To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore.
v. i.
To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc.
v. i.
To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
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