The slash ( / )—technically known as a virgule but also called a slant, solidus, or stroke (the common name in British English)—serves a number of purposes in writing, essentially standing in for other words as a quick and clear way of showing the connection between two things. A slash is conventionally used without spaces between it and the words it connects (although it is also common to see spaces used, especially if one or both of the things being joined contain multiple words).
slash
(slăsh)v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush.
b. To make a gash or gashes in.
c. To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color: slash a sleeve.
2. Sports To swing a stick at (an opponent) in ice hockey or lacrosse, in violation of the rules.
3. To criticize sharply: The reviewers slashed the composer's work.
4. Sports To hit or propel (a ball, for instance) forcefully in a straight line.
5. To reduce or curtail drastically: slash prices for a clearance sale.
v.intr.
1. To make forceful sweeping strokes with a sharp instrument.
2. To cut one's way with such strokes: We slashed through the dense jungle.
3. To make drastic reductions in something: slashing away at the budget.
n.
1.
a. A forceful sweeping stroke that is made with a sharp instrument.
b. A long cut or other opening made by such a stroke; a gash or slit.
c. A decorative slit in a fabric or garment.
2. A diagonal mark ( / ) that is used especially to separate alternatives, as in and/or, to represent the word per, as in miles/hour, to separate component parts of a URL, as in whitehouse.gov/kids/patriotism/, and to indicate the ends of verse lines printed continuously, as in Old King Cole / Was a merry old soul. Also called virgule.
3.
a. Branches and other residue left on a forest floor after the cutting of timber.
b. often slashes Wet or swampy ground overgrown with bushes and trees.
4. A genre of fanfic depicting romantic relationships between characters, usually of the same sex, that are not romantically connected in the original work or works upon which the fanfic is based.
conj. Informal
As well as; and. Used as a representation of the virgule (as in restaurant/art gallery or actor/director), often styled with hyphens in print: a restaurant slash art gallery; an actor-slash-director.
[Perhaps from obsolete French esclachier, to break, variant of esclater, from Old French, from esclat, splinter; see slat.]
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slash
(slæʃ)vb (tr)
1. to cut or lay about (a person or thing) with sharp sweeping strokes, as with a sword, knife, etc
2. to lash with a whip
3. to make large gashes in: to slash tyres.
4. (Commerce) to reduce (prices, etc) drastically
5. chiefly US to criticize harshly
6. (Knitting & Sewing) to slit (the outer fabric of a garment) so that the lining material is revealed
7. (Botany) to clear (scrub or undergrowth) by cutting
n
8. a sharp, sweeping stroke, as with a sword or whip
9. a cut or rent made by such a stroke
10. (Knitting & Sewing) a decorative slit in a garment revealing the lining material
11. (Forestry)
a. littered wood chips and broken branches that remain after trees have been cut down
b. an area so littered
12. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Also called: diagonal, forward slash, separatrix, shilling mark, solidus, stroke or virgule a short oblique stroke used in text to separate items of information, such as days, months, and years in dates (18/7/80), alternative words (and/or), numerator from denominator in fractions (55/103), etc
13. slang Brit the act of urinating (esp in the phrase have a slash)
14. (Journalism & Publishing) a genre of erotic fiction written by women, to appeal to women
[C14 slaschen, perhaps from Old French esclachier to break]
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slash1
(slæʃ)v.t.
1. to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
2. to lash; whip.
3. to cut, reduce, or alter: to slash salaries.
4. to make slits in (a garment) to show an underlying fabric.
5. to criticize or censure savagely.
v.i. 6. to lay about one with sharp, sweeping strokes; make one's way by cutting.
7. to make a sweeping, cutting stroke.
n. 8. a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
9. a cut, wound, or mark made with such a stroke.
10. a curtailment, reduction, or alteration: a slash in prices.
11. a decorative slit in a garment showing an underlying fabric.
12. virgule.
13. (in forest land)
a. an open area strewn with debris of trees from felling or from wind or fire.
b. the debris itself.
[1350–1400; of uncertain orig.]
slash2
(slæʃ)n.
Often, slashes. a tract of wet or swampy ground overgrown with bushes or trees.
[1645–55, Amer.; orig. uncertain]
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slash
- The slash is also called a virgule, diagonal, separatrix, slant, and solidus.See also related terms for slant.
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Slash
a large quantity of liquid, as of soup or broth, 1614.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
slash
Past participle: slashed
Gerund: slashing
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  slash - a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"lesion - an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) |
| 2. | slash - an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" | |
| 3. |  slash - a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of informationpunctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases | |
| 4. | slash - a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument | |
| Verb | 1. | slash - cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
| 2. |  slash - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" flagellate, scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" leather - whip with a leather strap horsewhip - whip with a whip intended for horses switch - flog with or as if with a flexible rod cowhide - flog with a cowhide cat - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails birch - whip with a birch twig | |
| 3. | slash - cut open; "she slashed her wrists" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" | |
| 4. | slash - cut drastically; "Prices were slashed" | |
| 5. | slash - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" whip - thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind" |
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slash
verb
1. cut, slit, gash, lacerate, score, rend, rip, hack He nearly bled to death after slashing his wrists.
2. reduce, cut, decrease, drop, lower, moderate, diminish, cut down, lessen, curtail Everyone agrees that subsidies have to be slashed.
3. cut, lose, shed, get rid of They decided to slash jobs, close down plants and downsize.
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slash
verb2. To criticize harshly and devastatingly:
Informal: roast.
Slang: slam.
Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to.
3. The act or process of decreasing:
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Translations
جُرْح طَويلجُرْح طَويل في الجِلْدضَربَةٌ قَوِيَّهيُخَفِّض الأسْعاريُهاجِم أو يَضْرُب بِشِدَّه
разсичам
dlouhá řezná ránalomítkomlátitpořezatřez
hugsnitsnitte
sivallussivaltaaviiltääviivavinoviiva
árleszállítás: nagy árleszállításodacsap
högghöggvalækka stórlegaristaskurîur
suraižyti
cirstcirtiensiecirstiešķeltievērojami pazemināt/samazināt
schuine streep
porezaťsek
poševnicarazrezati
hugga
slash
[slæʃ]A. N
1. (gen) → tajo m; (with knife) → cuchillada f; (with machete) → machetazo m; (with razor) → navajazo m
B. VT
1. (= cut) (with knife etc) → acuchillar; (with razor) → hacer un tajo a; [+ tyre] → rajar
to slash one's wrists → cortarse las venas (de la muñeca)
to slash one's wrists → cortarse las venas (de la muñeca)
3. (= reduce) [+ price] → reducir, rebajar; [+ estimate etc] → reducir radicalmente; [+ text] → cortar
"prices slashed" → grandes rebajas
"prices slashed" → grandes rebajas
4. (= condemn) → atacar, criticar severamente
C. VI to slash at sb → tirar tajos a algn, tratar de acuchillar a algn
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slash
[ˈslæʃ]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
slash
n
(Sew) → Schlitz m; a black velvet dress with slashes of red silk → ein schwarzes Samtkleid mit roten Seidenschlitzen
(Typ, Comput) → Schrägstrich m
vt
(= cut) → zerfetzen; face, tyres, throat → aufschlitzen; undergrowth → abhauen, wegschlagen; (with sword) → hauen auf (+acc), → schlagen; to slash somebody with a knife → jdn durch Messerstiche verletzen; to slash something to ribbons → etw zerfetzen; he slashed the air with his sword → er ließ das Schwert durch die Luft sausen ? wrist
(inf: = reduce drastically) price → radikal herabsetzen; workforce → drastisch reduzieren; estimate, budget → zusammenstreichen (inf); they’ve really slashed their prices → sie haben ihre Preise drastisch reduziert; to slash the odds → die Chance(n) erheblich reduzieren
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slash
(slӕʃ) verb1. to make long cuts in (cloth etc). He slashed his victim's face with a razor.
2. (with at) to strike out violently at (something). He slashed at the bush angrily with a stick.
3. to reduce greatly. A notice in the shop window read `Prices slashed!'
noun1. a long cut or slit.
2. a sweeping blow.
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slash
vt cortar; to slash one's wrists.. cortarse las venasEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.