plash

  • 11plash´er — plash1 «plash», verb, noun. –v.t., v.i. to splash: »Far below him plashed the waters (Longfellow). –n. 1. a splash: »the plash and murmur of the waves (Hawthorne). 2. a shallow piece of standing water; puddl …

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  • 12plash — plash1 plashingly, adv. /plash/, n. 1. a gentle splash. 2. a pool or puddle. v.t., v.i. 3. to splash gently. [bef. 1000; ME plasch pool, puddle, OE plaesc; c. D, LG plas, prob. of imit. orig.] plash2 plasher, n …

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  • 13plash — 1. noun a) A small pool of standing water; a puddle. Out of the wound the red bloud flowed fresh, / That vnderneath his feet soone made a purple plesh. b) A splash, or the sound made by a splash. 2. verb a) To …

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  • 14plash — I. /plæʃ/ (say plash) noun 1. a splash. 2. a pool or puddle. –verb (i) 3. to splash, especially gently. –verb (t) 4. to splash (something), especially gently. {Middle English plasch, Old English plæsc, probably of imitative origin} II. /plæʃ/… …

  • 15plash — [[t]plæʃ[/t]] n. 1) a gentle splash 2) a pool or puddle 3) to splash gently • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME plasch pool, puddle, OE plæsc; c. D, LG plas plash′ing•ly, adv …

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  • 16plash — I. noun Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1513 splash II. verb Date: 1542 intransitive verb to cause a splashing or spattering effect transitive verb to break the surface of (water) ; splash …

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  • 17plash — to break the water surface …

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  • 18plash — Synonyms and related words: artificial lake, babble, bayou lake, brash, bubble, burble, burst of rain, cistern, cloudburst, dam, dead water, deluge, dike, douse, downfall, downflow, downpour, drencher, etang, farm pond, fishpond, flood, foam,… …

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  • 19plash — I Cleveland Dialect List to splash II North Country (Newcastle) Words to splash; a heavy fall or even a shower of rain III Gullah Words n and v splash; to splash, splashes, splashed, splashing …

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  • 20'plash — Gullah Words n and v splash; to splash, splashes, splashed, splashing …

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