slashed
(adjective) having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric; “a slashed doublet”; “slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining”
cut, slashed
(adjective) (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; “the slashed prices attracted buyers”
slashed
(adjective) patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes; “brown iris...slashed with yellow”- Willa Cather
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slashed
simple past tense and past participle of slash
slashed (not comparable)
Having been slashed, cut or rent.
Marked with a slash.
• Shadles, adshels, hassled
Source: Wiktionary
Slashed, a.
1. Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture. A gray jerkin, with scarlet and slashed sleeves. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.
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
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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.
