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SPLOSH
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I. (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 "splosh" is one way to...):
disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splosh"):
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
Example:
She splashed the water around her
Synonyms:
splash; splosh; sprinkle
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "splosh" is one way to...):
disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splosh"):
salt (sprinkle as if with salt)
drizzle; moisten (moisten with fine drops)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Walk through mud or mire
Example:
We had to splosh across the wet meadow
Synonyms:
slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "splosh" is one way to...):
footslog; pad; plod; slog; tramp; trudge (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
Meaning:
Make a splashing sound
Example:
water was splashing on the floor
Synonyms:
slosh; slush; splash; splosh
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "splosh" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP
