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SPLASHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses
Example:
with clothes wet by splashed water
Classified under:
Similar:
distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
Example:
kitchen walls splattered with grease
Synonyms:
dabbled; spattered; splashed; splattered
Classified under:
Similar:
covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb splash
Context examples:
Well, while things stood thus, suddenly the HISPANIOLA struck, staggered, ground for an instant in the sand, and then, swift as a blow, canted over to the port side till the deck stood at an angle of forty-five degrees and about a puncheon of water splashed into the scupper holes and lay, in a pool, between the deck and bulwark.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The cog lay lower in the water and the waves splashed freely over the weather bulwark.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If he had not loved Jo very much, I don't think he could have done it then, for she looked far from lovely, with her skirts in a deplorable state, her rubber boots splashed to the ankle, and her bonnet a ruin.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Through this the horses splashed their way, and on the farther shore Sir Nigel announced to them that they were now within the borders of the land of France.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There was a moment of silence. The telephone book slipped from its nail and splashed to the floor, whereupon Jordan whispered "Excuse me"—but this time no one laughed.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
