Definition of Slash

1. Verb. Cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete. "They slash the trees"

Exact synonyms: Cut Down
Generic synonyms: Cut
Derivative terms: Slasher

2. Noun. A wound made by cutting. ; "He put a bandage over the cut"
Exact synonyms: Cut, Gash, Slice
Generic synonyms: Lesion, Wound
Derivative terms: Gash, Slice

3. Verb. Beat severely with a whip or rod. "They want to slash the prisoners "; "The children were severely trounced"
Exact synonyms: Flog, Lash, Lather, Strap, Trounce, Welt, Whip
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Up, Work Over
Specialized synonyms: Flagellate, Scourge, Leather, Horsewhip, Switch, Cowhide, Cat, Birch
Derivative terms: Flogging, Lash, Lash, Strap, Trouncing, Welt, Whip, Whip, Whipper, Whipping

4. Noun. An open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind).

5. Verb. Cut open. "They will slash the duet"; "She slashed her wrists"
Exact synonyms: Gash
Generic synonyms: Cut
Derivative terms: Gash, Gash

6. Noun. A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.
Exact synonyms: Diagonal, Separatrix, Solidus, Stroke, Virgule
Generic synonyms: Punctuation, Punctuation Mark

7. Verb. Cut drastically. "Prices were slashed"

8. Noun. A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument.
Exact synonyms: Gash
Generic synonyms: Cut, Cutting
Derivative terms: Gash

9. Verb. Move or stir about violently. "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
Exact synonyms: Convulse, Jactitate, Thrash, Thrash About, Thresh, Thresh About, Toss
Generic synonyms: Agitate, Shake
Specialized synonyms: Whip
Derivative terms: Jactitation, Thrash, Toss

Definition of Slash

1. v. t. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

2. v. i. To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.

3. n. A long cut; a cut made at random.

4. n. A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency.

Definition of Slash

1. Noun. The symbol, '''/'''. Also known as a forward slash, particularly in computer programming and web design. ¹

2. Noun. A swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc. ¹

3. Noun. A swift striking movement. ¹

4. Noun. (British slang) A pee, a trip to the toilet to urinate ¹

5. Noun. (short for slash fiction) ¹

6. Noun. (vulgar slang) The female genitalia ¹

7. Noun. (ice hockey) A quick and hard lateral strike with a hockey stick, usually across the arms or legs. ¹

8. Verb. To cut across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe etc. ¹

9. Verb. (ice hockey) to strike laterally with a hockey stick. usually across the legs or arms ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) to reduce sharply ¹

11. Conjunction. (non-gloss definition Used to connect two or more identities in a list.) ¹

12. Conjunction. (non-gloss definition Used to list alternatives.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slash

1. to cut with violent sweeping strokes [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Slash

1. The unmerchantable material left on site subsequent to harvesting a timber stand, including tops, limbs, cull sections. (05 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slash

slappity
slappy
slaps
slaps down
slapshot
slapshots
slapsies
slapstick
slapsticker
slapstickeries
slapstickers
slapstickery
slapsticks
slapsticky
slapt
slash-and-burn
slash and burn
slash fictions
slash line
slash pile
slash pine
slash pines
slash pocket
slashable
slashdot
slashdots
slashdotted
slashdotting

Literary usage of Slash

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practice of Silviculture, with Particular Reference to Its Application by Ralph Chipman Hawley (1921)
"ground the beneficial influence of slash is at a minimum. On bare soils and on steep slopes at high altitudes the protective value of slash is greatest. ..."

2. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1916)
"Recently studies of second growth and yield have been started in the Southern pineries of Longleaf and slash pines. The above-mentioned species, ..."

3. Forest Mensuration by Herman Haupt Chapman (1921)
"slash sawing, or sawing alive, as practiced for round-edged boards (§ 21) ... The gain in sawed product, by sawing around, in comparison with slash sawing, ..."

4. The Development of Forest Law in America: A Historical Presentation of the by Jay P. Kinney (1917)
"A proper disposition of the slash resulting from lumbering operations is required ... The treatment of slash as a Nuisance. In California, New Jersey, ..."

5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Referring to the place or form made by cutting: spec, cutting, gash, slash, nick, incision (learned), scotch, notch, channel, furrow, passage, groove, jad, ..."

6. Natural Resources: Federal Agencies are Engaged in Various Efforts to by Robin M. Nazzaro (2005)
"EAP coordinators also have conducted demonstrations of equipment for handling woody biomass cost-effectively, including several demonstrations of a "slash ..."

7. Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests: Proceedings by E. K. Sadanandan Nambiar (2004)
"Responses observed in six of the site management treatments are discussed in this report, and so only these treatments are described below: BLo slash ..."

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