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- [slash]
- /slæʃ/
- /slæʃ/
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- [slash]
- /slæʃ/
Definitions of slash word
- verb with object slash to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword. 1
- verb with object slash to lash; whip. 1
- verb with object slash to cut, reduce, or alter: The editors slashed the story to half its length. 1
- verb with object slash to make slits in (a garment) to show an underlying fabric. 1
- verb with object slash to criticize, censure, or attack in a savage or cutting manner. 1
- verb without object slash to lay about one with sharp, sweeping strokes; make one's way by cutting. 1
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Origin of slash
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English slaschen < ?
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Slash
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slash popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
slash usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slash
verb slash
- abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- axe — An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- bant — string
- banted — to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
noun slash
- aperture — An aperture is a narrow hole or gap.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- gash — a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- hack — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- incision — a cut, gash, or notch.
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