2. Verb. (third-person singular of dash) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dashes
1. dash [v] - See also: dash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dashes
Literary usage of Dashes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"1At these words the Doctor sweeps up between the tables, directly appealing to
Duke; Shylock dashes scales on ground. ..."
2. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"dashes or sprints are generally run over specially prepared tracks. ... The shorter
dashes are usually straightaway races ; that is, they are run over a ..."
3. The King's English by Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler (1906)
"dashes Moved beyond his wont by our English ill-treatment of the dash, ...
The modern newspaper writer who overdoes the use of dashes is seldom as incorrect ..."
4. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"Wise dashes into Williamsburg.—Rats take food from my daughter's hand.—Lee wants
the meat sent from Georgia to Virginia, where the fighting will be.—Gen. ..."
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