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plash

We found 20 definitions of plash from 6 different sources.

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What does plash mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

plash - the sound like water splashing
  splash
  noise incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"

Verb

plash - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
  spatter, splatter, splash, splosh, swash
  dot, dust, sprinkle, disperse, scatter mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"
  puddle make a puddle by splashing water
  slosh around, slush around, slush, slosh spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over the walls"
plash - interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge"
  pleach
  enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, twine, lace spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • plash (Noun)
    A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
  • plash (Noun)
    A splash, or the sound made by a splash.
  • plash (Noun)
    The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.
  • plash (Verb)
    To splash.
  • plash (Verb)
    To cause a splash.
  • plash (Verb)
    To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • plash (v.)
    A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
  • plash (v.)
    A dash of water; a splash.
  • plash (v. i.)
    To dabble in water; to splash.
  • plash (v. t.)
    To splash, as water.
  • plash (v. t.)
    To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.
  • plash (v. t.)
    To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge.
  • plash (n.)
    The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • plash
    plash, v.t. to bind and interweave the branches of.—v.i. to bend down a branch.—n. a small branch of a tree partly cut and bound to or twisted among other branches.—n. Plash′ing, a mode of repairing a hedge by bending the branches and twisting them about each other. [O. Fr. plassier—L. plexus—plectĕre, to twist.]
  • plash
    plash, n. a dash of water: a puddle: a shallow pool: a splashing sound: a sudden downpour: a flash.—v.i. to dabble in water: to splash.—v.t. to sprinkle with colouring matter, as a wall.—adj. Plash′y, full of puddles: watery. [Imit.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • plash
    To wattle or interweave branches.

Part of speech

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  • plash, verb, present, 1st person singular of plash (infinitive).
  • plash, verb (infinitive).
  • plash, noun, singular of plashes.

Pronunciation

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