CLASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clash mean? 

• CLASH (noun)
  The noun CLASH has 4 senses:

1. a loud resonant repeating noise
2. a state of conflict between persons
3. a state of conflict between colors
4. a minor short-term fight

  Familiarity information: CLASH used as a noun is uncommon.

• CLASH (verb)
  The verb CLASH has 3 senses:

1. crash together with violent impact
2. be incompatible; be or come into conflict
3. disagree violently

  Familiarity information: CLASH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASH (noun)

Meaning:

A loud resonant repeating noise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

crash; clash; clank; clangour; clangoring; clangor; clang

Context example:

he could hear the clang of distant bells

Hypernyms ("clash" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Meaning:

A state of conflict between persons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

friction; clash

Hypernyms ("clash" is a kind of...):

conflict (a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests)

Meaning:

A state of conflict between colors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

her dress was a disturbing clash of colors

Hypernyms ("clash" is a kind of...):

conflict (a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests)

Meaning:

A minor short-term fight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

encounter; skirmish; clash; brush

Hypernyms ("clash" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clash"):

contretemps (an awkward clash)

• CLASH (verb)

Meaning:

Crash together with violent impact

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

clash; collide

Context examples:

The cars collided / Two meteors clashed

Hypernyms (to "clash" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clash"):

smash (collide or strike violently and suddenly)

shock (collide violently)

crash; ram (undergo damage or destruction on impact)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Be incompatible; be or come into conflict

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

jar; clash; collide

Context example:

These colors clash

Hypernyms (to "clash" is one way to...):

conflict (be in conflict)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Disagree violently

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

We clashed over the new farm policies

Hypernyms (to "clash" is one way to...):

differ; disagree; dissent; take issue (be of different opinions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something