Dash
[dæʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a quick run.
(noun.) the act of moving with great haste; 'he made a dash for the door'.
(noun.) distinctive and stylish elegance; 'he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer'.
(noun.) the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
(noun.) a footrace run at top speed; 'he is preparing for the 100-yard dash'.
(verb.) add an enlivening or altering element to; 'blue paint dashed with white'.
(verb.) destroy or break; 'dashed ambitions and hopes'.
Inputed by Kirsten--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
(v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
(v. t.) To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
(v. t.) To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
(v. t.) To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.
(v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.
(v. i.) To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
(n.) Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
(n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.
(n.) A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.
(n.) A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.
(n.) Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
(n.) A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.
(n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis.
(n.) The sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner.
(n.) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.
(n.) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
Edited by Hilda
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Strike violently.[2]. Throw forcibly.[3]. Adulterate, deteriorate (by mixture), alloy.[4]. Disappoint, frustrate, thwart, ruin, destroy, shatter, spoil.[5]. Surprise, confound, abash, put to shame.
v. n. Rush, dart, fly swiftly.
n. [1]. Stroke, blow.[2]. Rush, onset, sudden advance.[3]. Infusion, tinge, tincture, sprinkling, spice, touch, smack, little, small quantity.[4]. Flourish, show, ostentatious display.
Typed by Abe
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Burl, cast, throw, subvert, detrude, drive, rush, send, fly, speed, dart,scatter, strike, course
ANT:Raise, reinstate, erect, creep, crawl, lag, hobble
Inputed by Giles
Definition
v.t. to throw violently: to break by throwing together: to throw water suddenly: to bespatter: to destroy or frustrate: to mix or adulterate.—v.i. to strike against: to break against as water: to rush with violence.—n. a violent striking: a rushing or violent onset: a blow: a mark (—) at a break in a sentence: ostentation: a slight admixture.—ns. Dash′-board a board or leathern frame in front of a carriage to keep off splashes of mud; Dash′er one who dashes: (coll.) one who makes a great show.—adj. Dash′ing rushing: reckless: hasty and rash: gallant.—adv. Dash′ingly.—ns. Dash′-pot a device for preventing too sudden motion in some part of an apparatus; Dash′-wheel a wheel-shaped box with compartments in which cotton cloth is washed by the revolution of the wheel in liquid.—Dash off to sketch hastily; Dash out to knock out by striking against something. .
Checker: Raymond
Examples
- There is nothing of the helter-skelter, slap-dash style in Edison's experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And if you hadn't come round to me tonight, dash my wig if I wouldn't have come round to you tomorrow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And--dash it--old chap, give him these gold sleeve-buttons: it's all I've got. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Give him a dash of brandy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Dash being all that was required to carry her triumphantly through, she adopted as much as was necessary. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Being by this time a perfect Fury and a complete success, she made a dash at the door which I had fortunately locked. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The flames are now pretty low, so let us dash through at once and take them by surprise. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A few of our cavalry dashed in, and forded and swam the stream, and all opposition was soon dispersed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Laurie dashed downstairs for water, while Meg and Hannah supported her, and Jo read aloud, in a frightened voice. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This had dashed the triumphant and rapturous emotions of maternity with grief and fear. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It had been carried out and had been dashed savagely against the garden wall, under which its splintered fragments were discovered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Eustacia, you have held my happiness in the hollow of your hand, and like a devil you have dashed it down! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This way, cried the boy, and, without waiting to know that I had heard him, he dashed off at breakneck speed, further into the bowels of the temple. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The stove stood near my desk, he attacked it; the little iron door was nearly dashed from its hinges, the fuel was made to fly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Turning, I saw a dozen black pirates dashing toward us from the melee. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Yes: there was a chaise- and-four, a short distance before them, dashing along at full gallop. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In a big, dashing hand, Laurie wrote. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- My father slept in the cabin; and I lay on the deck, looking at the stars, and listening to the dashing of the waves. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- No, I must say good evening, said Will, dashing up a passage which led into Lowick Gate, and almost running to get out of Raffles's reach. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A well-bred servant, in a cocked hat and dashing livery entered my room, with many bows. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- So everybody walks in the street--and where the street is wide enough, carriages are forever dashing along. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I replied that I thought he was in the right place, and told him to get busy with his talk on dots and dashes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As there was no limit to the distance that electricity would travel there seemed no reason why these dots and dashes, or sparks and spaces, should not be sent all around the world. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Morse telegraphic code, consisting of dots, dashes, and spaces, is given in Figure 218. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Jem Spyers dashes out; and there he sees Chickweed, a-tearing down the street full cry. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He never wrote to me without asking for money in his life, and all his letters are full of bad spelling, and dashes, and bad grammar. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hence, the transmitted message was received on the tape in visible dots and dashes representing characters of the Morse alphabet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He replaced the recording pencil with a fountain pen, and instead of the zigzag signals used the short and long lines that came to be called dots and dashes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Edited by Caleb