dash
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
distinctive and stylish elegance
he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
Types & categories
- elegance hypernym
Related & opposite
- stylistic derivation
Sense 2 verb
run or move very quickly or hastily
She dashed into the yard
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cut back also see
- sprint derivation
- flit derivation
- bolt derivation
- ice yacht derivation
- motor scooter derivation
- scooter derivation
- scooter derivation
- shoot down verb group
Sense 3 noun
a quick run
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
Smash a plate
Types & categories
- break hypernym
- knock down hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a footrace run at top speed
he is preparing for the 100-yard dash
Types & categories
- track event hypernym
Sense 6 verb
hurl or thrust violently
He dashed the plate against the wall
Types & categories
- hurl hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
Types & categories
- punctuation mark hypernym
Related & opposite
- hyphen derivation
Sense 8 verb
destroy or break
dashed ambitions and hopes
Types & categories
- thwart hypernym
Sense 9 noun
the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
Types & categories
- telegraphic signal hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Morse part holonym
Sense 10 verb
cause to lose courage
dashed by the refusal
Types & categories
- intimidate hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 11 noun
the act of moving with great haste
he made a dash for the door
Types & categories
- rush hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 12 verb
add an enlivening or altering element to
blue paint dashed with white
Types & categories
- mix in hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stylistic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | elegance |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | cut back |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprint |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bolt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ice yacht |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motor scooter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scooter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scooter |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | shoot down |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | speed |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plunge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprint |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dash |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | running |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | smashing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | smasher |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | smash |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | break |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock down |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | track event |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | hurl |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hyphen |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | punctuation mark |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | thwart |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Morse |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | telegraphic signal |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | pall |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | scare |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | intimidate |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | bolt |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | dash |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | rush |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | mix in |