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Definition of Dash

Dash To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. 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. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word. To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash. A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple. 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. Energy in style or action; animation; spirit. A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. 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. 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. The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone. A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race. Related Definitions: Abash, Abashment, Abrupt, Action, Admixture, Adulterate, Adulteration, Against, Also, An, And, Animation, Are, As, At, Bass, Be, Bespatter, Blow, Blustering, Bodies, Bold, Break, By, Careless, Carelessly, Cause, Change, Check, Collision, Confound, Confuse, Construction, Course, Crash, Crust, Cut, Dash, Denoting, Depress, Direction, Distinct, Drawn, Duration, Effort, Enemy, Energy, Epigrammatic, Erase, Execute, Figure, Flourish, Form, Frustrate, Frustration, Great, Haste, Hastily, Here, His, Horse, In, Inferior, Infusion, Instead, Interval, Is, It, Knock, Line, Long, Make, Manner, Mark, Mix, Move, Movement, Note, Of, Off, Often, On, One, Onset, Or, Out, Over, Overspread, Overspreading, Paint, Parade, Parenthesis, Partial, Partially, Pause, Performed, Picture, Placed, Printing, Purple, Put, Quality, Quick, Race, Racing, Rain, Raise, Rapid, Rapidly, Received, Red, Reduce, Review, Ruin, Rush, Rust, Semitone, Sentence, Sentiment, Sermon, Shame, Shatter, Short, Show, Sign, Significant, Single, Sketch, Slight, Small, Something, Sometimes, Speed, Spirit, Spirited, Staccato, Stop, Strike, Striking, Stroke, Style, Sudden, That, The, There, Thorough, Through, Throw, Throwing, To, Together, Touch, Transition, Trial, Turn, Two, Unexpected, Upon, Used, Vain, Violence, Violent, Violently, Water, When, Which, Wine, With, Word, Writing

Dash Quotations Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away. Aeschylus Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Kahlil Gibran Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about technology and sets, and flash and dash, forgetting the main thing, which is interesting people saying interesting, important things. Diane Sawyer Thus one memory follows another until the waves dash together over our heads, and a deep sigh swells the breast, which warns us that we have forgotten to breathe in the midst of these pure thoughts. Max Muller Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set. Fran Lebowitz

Dash Translations dash in German is Gedankenstrich, rasen dash in Italian is lineetta di sospensione dash in Norwegian is skvett dash in Spanish is arremetida

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