| VERB | contact | slash, cut down | cut with sweeping strokes |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | slash, flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, strap, trounce | beat severely with a whip or rod | |
| contact | slash, gash | cut open | |
| change | slash | cut drastically | |
| motion | slash, convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, toss, jactitate | move or stir about violently | |
| NOUN | state | slash, cut, gash, slice | a wound made by cutting |
| object | slash | an open tract of land in a forest / forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) | |
| communication | slash, solidus, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix | a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | |
| act | slash, gash | a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument |
| Sounds | slae'sh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abash ... whiplash: 38 rhymes with aesh... | |
| Meaning | A wound made by cutting. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | cut, gash, slice | |
| Broader | wound, lesion | An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) |
| Spanish | corte, corte profundo, cuchillada, tajada, tajadura | |
| Catalan | tall | |
| Verbs | slash | cut open |
| slash | cut with sweeping strokes | |
| Meaning | An open tract of land in a forest / forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind). | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma | The solid part of the earth's surface |
| Meaning | A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | solidus, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix | |
| Broader | punctuation, punctuation mark | The marks used to clarify meaning / meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
| Spanish | barra, barra oblicua | |
| Catalan | barra | |
| Meaning | A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | gash | |
| Broader | cut, cutting | The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge |
| Spanish | cuchillada, navajada, navajazo | |
| Catalan | coltellada, ganivetada | |
| Verbs | slash | cut with sweeping strokes |
| Meaning | cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They slash the trees | |
| Synonym | cut down | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | acuchillar, cortar | |
| Nouns | slash | a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument |
| slash | a wound made by cutting | |
| slasher | someone who slashes / slashes another person | |
| Meaning | Beat severely with a whip or rod. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to slash the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, strap, trounce | |
| Narrower | birch | Whip with a birch twig |
| cat | Beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails | |
| cowhide | flog with a cowhide | |
| flagellate, scourge | Whip | |
| horsewhip | Whip with a whip intended for horses | |
| leather | Whip with a leather strap | |
| switch | flog with or as if with a flexible rod | |
| Broader | beat, beat up, work over | Give a beating to |
| Spanish | azotar, flagelar, fustigar | |
| Catalan | assotar, fuetejar, fustigar | |
| Meaning | cut open. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They will slash the duet | |
| Example | "she slashed her wrists" | |
| Synonym | gash | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | acuchillar | |
| Catalan | acoltellar, coltellejar | |
| Nouns | slash | a wound made by cutting |
| Meaning | cut drastically. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Prices were slashed" | |
| Broader | reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | cut down on |
| Spanish | rebajar, reducir, tasajear | |
| Catalan | rebaixar, retallar | |
| Meaning | Move or stir about violently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, toss, jactitate | |
| Narrower | whip | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash |
| Broader | shake, agitate | Move or cause to move back and forth |
| Spanish | acuchillar, agitar, convelerse, dar vueltas, moverse agitadamente, reducir, sacudirse, sacudir, trillar, vapulear | |
| Catalan | convulsar, crispar, remenar | |
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