Dictionary entry details
• SLASH (noun)
Meaning:
A wound made by cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
gash; slash; cut; slice
Context example:
he put a bandage over the cut
Hypernyms ("slash" is a kind of...):
lesion; wound (any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision)
Meaning:
An open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("slash" is a kind of...):
dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)
Meaning:
A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
separatrix; virgule; solidus; slash; diagonal; stroke
Hypernyms ("slash" is a kind of...):
punctuation; punctuation mark (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)
Meaning:
A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
gash; slash
Hypernyms ("slash" is a kind of...):
cut; cutting (the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge)
• SLASH (verb)
Meaning:
Cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
slash; cut down
Hypernyms (to "slash" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They slash the trees
Meaning:
Beat severely with a whip or rod
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
whip; welt; trounce; lash; flog; slash; strap; lather
Context examples:
The teacher often flogged the students / The children were severely trounced
Hypernyms (to "slash" is one way to...):
beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slash"):
flagellate; scourge (whip)
leather (beat with a lather strap)
horsewhip (whip with a whip intended for horses)
switch (flog with or as if with a flexible rod)
cowhide (flog with a cowhide)
cat (beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails)
birch (whip with a birch twig)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to slash the prisoners
Meaning:
Cut open
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
gash; slash
Context example:
she slashed her wrists
Hypernyms (to "slash" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They will slash the duet
Meaning:
Cut drastically
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Prices were slashed
Hypernyms (to "slash" is one way to...):
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Move or stir about violently
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
thresh about; thresh; thrash about; jactitate; thrash; convulse; toss; slash
Context example:
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
Hypernyms (to "slash" is one way to...):
agitate; shake (move or cause to move back and forth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slash"):
whip (thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
