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PLASH
splash, plash
(noun) the sound like water splashing
spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash
(verb) dash a liquid upon or against; “The mother splashed the baby’s face with water”
pleach, plash
(verb) interlace the shoots of; “pleach a hedge”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
plash (plural plashes)
(UK, dialectal) A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
A splash, or the sound made by a splash.
A sudden downpour.
Verb
plash (third-person singular simple present plashes, present participle plashing, simple past and past participle plashed)
(intransitive) To splash.
(transitive) To cause a splash.
(transitive) To splash or sprinkle with colouring matter.
Etymology 2
Noun
plash (plural plashes)
The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.
Verb
plash (third-person singular simple present plashes, present participle plashing, simple past and past participle plashed)
(transitive) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of.
• to plash a hedge
Anagrams
• Pahls, halps, phals
Source: Wiktionary
Plash, n. Etym: [OD. plasch. See Plash, v.]
1. A small pool of standing water; a puddle. Bacon. "These shallow plashes." Barrow.
2. A dash of water; a splash.
Plash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plashing.] Etym: [Cf. D. plassen, G. platschen. Cf. Splash.]
Definition: To dabble in water; to splash. "Plashing among bedded pebbles." Keats. Far below him plashed the waters. Longfellow.
Plash, v. t.
1. To splash, as water.
2. To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.
Plash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plashed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Plashing.] Etym: [OF. plaissier, plessier, to bend. Cf. Pleach.]
Definition: To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. Evelyn.
Plash, n.
Definition: The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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