Clash
[klæʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a state of conflict between persons.
(noun.) a state of conflict between colors; 'her dress was a disturbing clash of colors'.
(verb.) disagree violently; 'We clashed over the new farm policies'.
(verb.) be incompatible; be or come into conflict; 'These colors clash'.
Inputed by Gustav--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.
(v. i.) To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.
(v. t.) To strike noisily against or together.
(n.) A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.
(n.) Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc.
Inputed by Enoch
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Collide, come into collision, strike against each other.[2]. Clank, clang.[3]. Disagree, contend, interfere, be mutually opposed, act in a contrary direction.
n. [1]. Collision.[2]. Clang, clank, clangor, clashing.[3]. Opposition, contradiction.
Edited by Leah
Definition
n. a loud noise such as is caused by the striking together of weapons: opposition: contradiction: (Scot.) chatter country talk.—v.i. to dash noisily together: to meet in opposition: to act in a contrary direction: to disagree: (Scot.) to gossip.—v.t. to strike noisily against.—n. Clash′ing a striking against: opposition.
Checked by Debbie
Examples
- The sounds of conflict, the clash of arms, the shouting and the hurrying of many feet came to us from various parts of the temple. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Their susceptibilities will clash against objects that remain innocently quiet. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They may possibly clash with more imperative considerations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Presently her brow cleared; and then even my ear, less practised, caught the iron clash of a gate swung to, steps on gravellastly the door-bell. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At the moment of the church clock tolling two, the bells would clash out and the march begin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Another in fluence tending to check the advance of the sciences was the clash between Christ ian and Pagan ideals. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The bells clash out again, not only through Yorkshire, but through England. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The acute economic clashes of the earlier period had been mitigated by rough adjustments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- About ten minutes after, the driver got down and opened a pair of gates: we passed through, and they clashed to behind us. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Their opinions clashed; and indeed, she had never perceived that he had cared for her opinions, as belonging to her, the individual. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The door clashed, the voices and the feet came on, and the prison-keeper slowly ascended the stairs, followed by a guard of soldiers. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Then the child's head disappeared, and the prison-keeper's head disappeared, but the little voice prolonged the strain until the door clashed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Keys turned, doors clashed, footsteps passed along distant passages: no cry was raised, or hurry made, that seemed unusual. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- They clashed out with all the power of brass. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As the gate clashed behind them, a voice cried from a window. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The air was filled with groans and clashing of arms--the floors were slippery with the blood of despairing and expiring wretches. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Hears I have conflicting interests, claims clashing against his and what not. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The clashing and banging band attached to the horse-riding establishment, which had there set up its rest in a wooden pavilion, was in full bray. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Edited by Ben