slash, gash
(noun) a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
(noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
slash
(noun) an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
cut, gash, slash, slice
(noun) a wound made by cutting; “he put a bandage over the cut”
slash
(verb) cut drastically; “Prices were slashed”
slash, gash
(verb) cut open; “she slashed her wrists”
slash, cut down
(verb) cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod; “The teacher often flogged the students”; “The children were severely trounced”
convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
(verb) move or stir about violently; “The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slash (plural slashes)
A slashing action or motion, particularly
A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip.
(cricket) A wild swinging strike of the bat.
(ice hockey, lacrosse) A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey or lacrosse stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
Any similar wide striking motion.
(figuratively) A sharp reduction.
A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly
A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip.
(botany) A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
Something resembling such a mark, particularly
(fashion) A slit in an outer garment exposing a lining or inner garment, usually of a contrasting color or design; any intentional long vertical cut in a garment.
(US, &, Canada) A clearing in a forest, (particularly) those made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
(originally US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes (often proscribed) inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
(vulgar, slang) Female genitalia.
(US, &, Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly, forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
(fandom slang) Slash fiction.
• (deep cut): gash
• (typographic mark): slash mark; solidus (formal name); stroke (chiefly UK); forward slash, forward stroke, foreslash, frontslash, front slash (sometimes proscribed); virgule (marking line breaks); shilling mark (UK); slants, slant lines (marking pronunciations); separatrix (proofreading mark); scratch comma (former use as a form of comma); oblique, oblique mark, oblique stroke, oblique dash (chiefly UK); diagonal, diagonal mark (dated); virgula (obsolete); virgil (UK); whack (improper); bar (improper)
• (vulgar term for female genitalia): See cunt
• backslash
• (typographic mark): fraction bar (in fractions); division sign (in division)
• division slash
• fraction slash
slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)
To cut or attempt to cut, particularly
To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
(ice hockey) To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
(figuratively) To reduce sharply.
(fashion) To create slashes in a garment.
(figuratively) To criticize cuttingly.
To strike violently and randomly, particularly
(cricket) To swing wildly at the ball.
To move quickly and violently.
To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
(US, &, Canada) To clear land, (particularly, forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
(intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
• (to strike with a whip): lash, scourge, thrash
• (to strike a whip): crack
• (slash fiction): ship
slash (not comparable)
Used to note the sound or action of a slash.
slash
(US, &, Canada) Used to connect two or more identities in a list.
(US, &, Canada) Used to list alternatives.
Typically written with the slash mark ⟨/⟩ and only spoken or transcribed as slash. Often omitted from speech and only marked as a brief pause between the alternatives. Exclusively omitted in common constructions such as and/or, either/or, and washer/dryer.
• (exclusive or): or
• (inclusive or): and, or, and/or
• (UK): stroke
slash (plural slashes)
(obsolete, rare) A drink of something; a draft.
(vulgar, British, slang) A piss: an act of urination.
slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)
(UK, slang, intransitive) To piss, to urinate.
slash (plural slashes)
(US) A swampy area; a swamp.
(Scotland) A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
slash (third-person singular simple present slashes, present participle slashing, simple past and past participle slashed)
(Scotland, intransitive) To work in wet conditions.
slash (plural slashes)
(UK) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical pocket of coal.
• LSSAH
Source: Wiktionary
Slash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing.] Etym: [OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E. slate, slice, slit, v. t.]
1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] King.
3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] Dr. H. More.
Slash, v. i.
Definition: To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly. Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. Spenser.
Slash, n.
1. A long cut; a cut made at random.
2. A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
3. Etym: [Cf. Slashy.] pl.
Definition: Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
