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slash
1[ slash ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
- to lash; whip.
- to cut, reduce, or alter:
The editors slashed the story to half its length.
Synonyms: ,
- to make slits in (a garment) to show an underlying fabric.
- to criticize, censure, or attack in a savage or cutting manner.
verb (used without object)
- to lay about one with sharp, sweeping strokes; make one's way by cutting.
- to make a sweeping, cutting stroke.
noun
- a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- a cut, wound, or mark made with such a stroke.
- a curtailment, reduction, or alteration:
a drastic slash of prices.
- a decorative slit in a garment showing an underlying fabric.
- Compare forward slash ( def ), backslash ( def ).
- a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur; a virgule:
you and/or your dependents.
- a dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.; a virgule:
She got 3/4 of the answers correct.
“Sweetest love, I do not go/For weariness of thee.†(John Donne)
- (in forest land)
- an open area strewn with debris of trees from felling or from wind or fire.
- the debris itself.
- Slang. slash fiction ( def ).
slash
2[ slash ]
noun
- Often slashes. a tract of wet or swampy ground overgrown with bushes or trees.
slash
/ ²õ±ôæʃ /
verb
- to cut or lay about (a person or thing) with sharp sweeping strokes, as with a sword, knife, etc
- to lash with a whip
- to make large gashes in
to slash tyres
- to reduce (prices, etc) drastically
- to criticize harshly
- to slit (the outer fabric of a garment) so that the lining material is revealed
- to clear (scrub or undergrowth) by cutting
noun
- a sharp, sweeping stroke, as with a sword or whip
- a cut or rent made by such a stroke
- a decorative slit in a garment revealing the lining material
- littered wood chips and broken branches that remain after trees have been cut down
- an area so littered
- Also calleddiagonalforward slashseparatrixshilling marksolidusstrokevirgule a short oblique stroke used in text to separate items of information, such as days, months, and years in dates ( 18/7/80 ), alternative words ( and/or ), numerator from denominator in fractions ( 55/103 ), etc
- slang.the act of urinating (esp in the phrase have a slash )
- a genre of erotic fiction written by women, to appeal to women
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ±ô²¹²õ³ó±ð»å adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of slash1
Origin of slash2
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of slash1
Example Sentences
The Trump administration’s biggest slashing came Feb. 7, when the NIH said it would reduce by $4 billion the annual overhead funding given to universities for medical research grants.
Moderating inflation will give the RBI further elbow room to slash borrowing costs, according to several brokerages, as growth momentum further loses steam due to Trump's global trade war.
Since she took the helm in early March, the workforce of the Education Department has been slashed in half, nearly eliminating the research unit and sharply diminishing the civil rights division.
A 15-year-old boy was slashed in the face, sustaining serious injuries in this incident.
Tesla shares took a hit Monday after a leading analyst slashed his price target by more than 40%, citing a “perfect storm†created by President Trump’s auto tariffs and Elon Musk’s deteriorating reputation.
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