About The Word Slash

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Slash

Slash Meaning & Definition
Slash Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Slash?

[n] a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
[n] a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
[n] an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
[n] a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
[v] cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
[v] cut open; "she slashed her wrists"
[v] cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
[v] beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
[v] move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Slash: convulse | cut | cut down | diagonal | flog | gash | gash | gash | jactitate | lash | lather | separatrix | slice | solidus | strap | stroke | thrash | thrash about | thresh | thresh about | toss | trounce | virgule | welt | whip

Related Terms | Find terms related to Slash:

See Also | agitate | beat | beat up | birch | bring down | cat | cowhide | cut | cut | cut | cut back | cut down | cutting | dry land | earth | flagellate | ground | horsewhip | land | lesion | punctuation | punctuation mark | reduce | scourge | shake | solid ground | switch | terra firma | trim | trim back | trim down | whip | work over | wound

Slash In Webster's Dictionary

\Slash\, n. A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency. We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us. --Henry Van Dyke.
\Slash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slashing}.] [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. 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. [Cf. {Slashy}.] pl. Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.

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