dash
1. distinctive and stylish elegance (Freq. 1)
- he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
• Syn:
elan, flair, panache, style
• Derivationally related forms:
stylistic (for: style)
• Hypernyms:
elegance
2. a quick run (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
sprint
• Derivationally related forms:
sprint (for: sprint)
• Hypernyms:
run, running
• Hyponyms:
break
3. a footrace run at top speed
- he is preparing for the 100-yard dash
• Hypernyms:
track event
4. 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
• Syn:
hyphen
• Derivationally related forms:
hyphenate (for: hyphen), hyphen (for: hyphen)
• Hypernyms:
punctuation, punctuation mark
5. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
• Syn:
dah
• Hypernyms:
telegraphic signal, radiotelegraphic signal
• Part Holonyms:
Morse, Morse code, international Morse code
6. the act of moving with great haste
- he made a dash for the door
• Syn:
bolt
• Derivationally related forms:
bolt (for: bolt)
• Hypernyms:
haste, hurry, rush, rushing
1. run or move very quickly or hastily (Freq. 7)
- She dashed into the yard
• Syn:
dart, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
• See Also:
flash back (for: flash)
• Derivationally related forms:
scooter (for: scoot), dart (for: dart)
• Hypernyms:
rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed,
speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along,
belt along, step on it
• Hyponyms:
plunge
• Verb Group:
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over (Freq. 2)
- Smash a plate
• Syn:
smash
• Derivationally related forms:
smash (for: smash), smasher (for: smash), smashing (for: smash)
• Hypernyms:
break
• Hyponyms:
blast, knock down
• Verb Group:
smash
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. hurl or thrust violently (Freq. 1)
- He dashed the plate against the wall
- Waves were dashing against the rock
• Syn:
crash
• Hypernyms:
hurl, hurtle, cast
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. destroy or break
- dashed ambitions and hopes
• Hypernyms:
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil,
cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
5. cause to lose courage
- dashed by the refusal
• Syn:
daunt, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away,
frighten away, scare
• Derivationally related forms:
scare (for: scare), pall (for: pall)
• Hypernyms:
intimidate, restrain
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
6. add an enlivening or altering element to
- blue paint dashed with white
• Hypernyms:
mix, mix in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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