dash | English to English Dictionary

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dash

(d/&//S/ )

distinctive and stylish elegance(noun.attribute)

Example:
He wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer.

Synonym:
elan, flair, panache, style

source: wordnet30
a quick run(noun.act)

Synonym:
sprint

source: wordnet30
a footrace run at top speed(noun.event)

Example:
He is preparing for the 100-yard dash.

source: wordnet30
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text(noun.communication)

Synonym:
hyphen

source: wordnet30
the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code(noun.communication)

Synonym:
dah

source: wordnet30
the act of moving with great haste(noun.act)

Example:
He made a dash for the door.

Synonym:
bolt

source: wordnet30
Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.(noun)

source: webster1913

run or move very quickly or hastily(verb.motion)

Example:
She dashed into the yard.

Synonym:
dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot

source: wordnet30
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over(verb.change)

Synonym:
smash

source: wordnet30
hurl or thrust violently(verb.contact)

Example:
He dashed the plate against the wall.
Waves were dashing against the rock.

Synonym:
crash

source: wordnet30
destroy or break(verb.social)

Example:
Dashed ambitions and hopes.

source: wordnet30
cause to lose courage(verb.emotion)

Example:
Dashed by the refusal.

Synonym:
daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off

source: wordnet30
add an enlivening or altering element to(verb.change)

Example:
Blue paint dashed with white.

source: wordnet30
To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.(verb)

source: webster1913
To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.(verb)

source: webster1913