GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
last match results
Found 3 definitions
-
Dash (dăsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]
1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
[1913 Webster]
If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound. Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
[1913 Webster]
Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Ps. ii. 9.
[1913 Webster]
A brave vessel, . . .
Dashed all to pieces. Shak.
[1913 Webster]
To perplex and dash
Maturest counsels. Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. South.
[1913 Webster]
Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car. Pope.
[1913 Webster]
4. 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.”
[1913 Webster]
I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications. Addison.
[1913 Webster]
The very source and fount of day
Is dashed with wandering isles of night. Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, “to dash off a review or sermon”.
[1913 Webster]
6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, “to dash out a word”.
[1913 Webster]
-
Dash, v. i. To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, “the waves dash upon rocks”.
[1913 Webster]
[He] dashed through thick and thin. Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
On each hand the gushing waters play,
And down the rough cascade all dashing fall. Thomson.
[1913 Webster]
-
Dash, n.
1. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
[1913 Webster]
2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, “his hopes received a dash”.
[1913 Webster]
3. A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, “wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.”
[1913 Webster]
Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly. Addison.
[1913 Webster]
4. 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.”
[1913 Webster]
She takes upon her bravely at first dash. Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
[1913 Webster]
6. A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, “to make or cut a great dash”. [Low]
[1913 Webster]
7. (Punctuation) 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. John Wilson.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Mus.) (a) 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. (b) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Racing) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
[1913 Webster]