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PLASH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sound like water splashing
Synonyms:
plash; splash
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("plash" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plash"):
splat (a single splash)
Derivation:
plash (dash a liquid upon or against)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dash a liquid upon or against
Example:
The mother splashed the baby's face with water
Synonyms:
plash; spatter; splash; splatter; splosh; swash
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "plash" is one way to...):
disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "plash"):
puddle (make a puddle by splashing water)
slosh; slosh around; slush; slush around (spill or splash copiously or clumsily)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Derivation:
plash (the sound like water splashing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Interlace the shoots of
Example:
pleach a hedge
Synonyms:
plash; pleach
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "plash" is one way to...):
enlace; entwine; interlace; intertwine; lace; twine (spin, wind, or twist together)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
