dash /dæʃ/
1. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
synset: dash, elan, flair, panache, style
3. a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
synset: dash
4. 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
5. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
6. the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
1. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
synset: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
3. hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
4. destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
synset: dash
5. cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
synset: daunt, dash, scare_off, pall, frighten_off, scare_away, frighten_away, scare
6. add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"
synset: dash
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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