English noun: dash | |||
1. | dash (attribute) distinctive and stylish elegance | ||
Samples | He wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer. | ||
Synonyms | elan, flair, panache, style | ||
Broader (hypernym) | elegance | ||
2. | dash (act) a quick run | ||
Synonyms | sprint | ||
Broader (hypernym) | run, running | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | break | ||
3. | dash (event) a footrace run at top speed | ||
Samples | He is preparing for the 100-yard dash. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | track event | ||
4. | dash (communication) 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 | ||
Synonyms | hyphen | ||
Broader (hypernym) | punctuation, punctuation mark | ||
5. | dash (communication) the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code | ||
Synonyms | dah | ||
Broader (hypernym) | radiotelegraphic signal, telegraphic signal | ||
Part meronym | international Morse code, Morse, Morse code | ||
6. | dash (act) the act of moving with great haste | ||
Samples | He made a dash for the door. | ||
Synonyms | bolt | ||
Broader (hypernym) | haste, hurry, rush, rushing | ||
English verb: dash | |||
1. | dash (motion) run or move very quickly or hastily | ||
Samples | She dashed into the yard. | ||
Synonyms | dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | plunge | ||
Verb group | buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear | ||
2. | dash (change) break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over | ||
Samples | Smash a plate. | ||
Synonyms | smash | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | break | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blast, knock down | ||
Verb group | smash | ||
3. | dash (contact) hurl or thrust violently | ||
Samples | He dashed the plate against the wall. Waves were dashing against the rock. | ||
Synonyms | crash | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cast, hurl, hurtle | ||
4. | dash (social) destroy or break | ||
Samples | Dashed ambitions and hopes. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart | ||
5. | dash (emotion) cause to lose courage | ||
Samples | Dashed by the refusal. | ||
Synonyms | daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | intimidate, restrain | ||
6. | dash (change) add an enlivening or altering element to | ||
Samples | Blue paint dashed with white. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mix, mix in | ||