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GASH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

Synonyms:

gash; slash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gash" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting (the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge)

Derivation:

gash (cut open)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation

Synonyms:

cut; gash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gash" is a kind of...):

furrow (a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A wound made by cutting

Example:

he put a bandage over the cut

Synonyms:

cut; gash; slash; slice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("gash" is a kind of...):

lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))

Derivation:

gash (cut open)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut open

Example:

she slashed her wrists

Synonyms:

gash; slash

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "gash" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They will gash the duet

Derivation:

gash (a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument)

gash (a wound made by cutting)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The sun had long set, but one blood-red gash like an open wound lay low in the distant west. Above, the stars were shining brightly, and below, the lights of the shipping glimmered in the bay.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

White Fang sniffed the puppy curiously, whereupon Kiche rushed upon him, gashing his face a second time.

(White Fang, by Jack London)