slash

slash  (slsh)

v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es

v.tr.

1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush.

2. To lash with sweeping strokes.

3. To make a gash or gashes in.

4. Sports To swing a stick at (an opponent) in ice hockey or lacrosse, in violation of the rules.

5. To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color: slash a sleeve.

6. To criticize sharply: The reviewers slashed the composer's work.

7. To reduce or curtail drastically: slash prices for a clearance sale.

v.intr.

1. To make forceful sweeping strokes with or as if with a sharp instrument.

2. To cut one's way with such strokes: We slashed through the dense jungle.

n.

1. A forceful sweeping stroke made with a sharp instrument.

2. A long cut or other opening made by such a stroke; a gash or slit.

3. A decorative slit in a fabric or garment.

4. Branches and other residue left on a forest floor after the cutting of timber.

5. Wet or swampy ground overgrown with bushes and trees. Often used in the plural.

6. Printing A virgule.

conj. Informal

As well as; and. Used in combination and often rendered as a virgule in print: an actor-slash-writer; a waiter/dancer.

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[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. (Business / Commerce) to reduce (prices, etc.) drastically

5. Chiefly US to criticize harshly

6. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to slit (the outer fabric of a garment) so that the lining material is revealed

7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) to clear (scrub or undergrowth) by cutting

n

1. a sharp, sweeping stroke, as with a sword or whip

2. a cut or rent made by such a stroke

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) a decorative slit in a garment revealing the lining material

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) US and Canadian

a.  littered wood chips and broken branches that remain after trees have been cut down

b.  an area so littered

5. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) another name for solidus

6. Brit slang the act of urinating (esp in the phrase have a slash)

7. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) an genre of erotic fiction written by women, to appeal to women

[C14 slaschen, perhaps from Old French esclachier to break]

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Slash a large quantity of liquid, as of soup or broth, 1614.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slash - a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" gash, slice, cut wound, 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 information separatrix, virgule, solidus, diagonal, stroke punctuation 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 gash cutting, cut - the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
Verb	1.	slash - cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete cut down 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" flog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, strap 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" gash cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	4.	slash - cut drastically; "Prices were slashed" cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
	5.	slash - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" thrash about, thresh, thresh about, jactitate, thrash, convulse, toss 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.

noun

cut, slit, gash, rent, rip, incision, laceration deep slashes in the meat

Translations

slash [slæʃ]

A. N

1. (gen) → tajo m; (with knife) → cuchillada f; (with machete) → machetazo m; (with razor) → navajazo m

2. (Typ) → barra f oblicua

3. (esp Brit) to go for a slash; have a slash → cambiar el agua al canario

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)

2. (= cut down) [+ trees] → talar
slash and burn agriculture → agricultura f de rozas y quema

3. (= reduce) [+ price] → reducir, rebajar; [+ estimate etc] → reducir radicalmente; [+ text] → cortar
"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]

n

(= cut) → entaille f

(TYPOGRAPHY) (also slash mark) → barre f oblique, slash m

vt

(with knife, sharp object) [+ tyres, face, meat] → entailler, taillader
to slash one's wrists → se taillader les veines

[+ prices] → casser; [+ taxes, costs] → réduire drastiquement
slashed prices → prix sacrifiés
"prices slashed" → "prix sacrifiés"
slash and burn slash-and-burn n (= method of farming) → culture f sur brûlis

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slash

n

(= action) → Streich m; (= wound) → Schnitt m

(Sew) → Schlitz m; a black velvet dress with slashes of red silk → ein schwarzes Samtkleid mit roten Seidenschlitzen

(Typ, Comput) → Schrägstrich m

(Brit inf) to go for a slash → schiffen gehen (sl); to have or take a slash → schiffen (sl)

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

(Sew) → mit Schlitzen versehen; slashed sleeves → Schlitzärmel pl; slashed doublet → Schlitzwams nt

vi to slash at somebody/something → nach jdm/etw schlagen

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slash [slæʃ]

1. n

a. (slit) → taglio; (in dress, skirt) → spacco; (stroke, of sword, whip) → colpo

b. (Typ) (also slash mark) → barra

2. vt (with knife, gen) → tagliare, squarciare; (face, painting) → sfregiare; (with whip, stick) → sferzare (fig) (prices) → ridurre fortemente
to slash one's wrists → tagliarsi le vene

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slash [slæʃ]

1. n

a. (slit) → taglio; (in dress, skirt) → spacco; (stroke, of sword, whip) → colpo

b. (Typ) (also slash mark) → barra

2. vt (with knife, gen) → tagliare, squarciare; (face, painting) → sfregiare; (with whip, stick) → sferzare (fig) (prices) → ridurre fortemente
to slash one's wrists → tagliarsi le vene

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slash

v slash [slӕʃ]

1 to make long cuts in (cloth etc) He slashed his victim's face with a razor. sny جُرْح طَويل في الجِلْد разрязвам pořezat snitte aufschlitzen σκίζω, πετσοκόβω dar un tajo, rajar (lõhki) lõikama چاك دادن viiltää taillader לַחתוֹך काटना razrezati, rasporiti (fel)hasít menyayat rista sfregiare; squarciare 深く切る (칼 등으로) 깊이 베다 (su)pjaustyti, (su)raižyti []šķelt; []cirst; sakapāt (ar nazi u.tml.) menyayat kerven splitte, flenge ciachnąć golpear a cresta разрезать; поранить prerezať, (roz)seknúť razparati raseći skära (rista, fläka) upp (sönder) ฟัน şiddetle vurmak 劃出一道裂縫或傷口 порізати شگاف ڈالنا rạch, cắt 拉一大口子

2 (withat) to strike out violently at (something) He slashed at the bush angrily with a stick. sny, kap يُهاجِم أو يَضْرُب بِشِدَّه шибам mlátit slå efter hauen μαστιγώνω golpear taguma زخم زبان زدن sivaltaa cingler לְהַצלִיף जोर से चोट करना zamahnuti (nožem), mlatiti oko sebe odacsap memukul höggva colpire 打つ (채찍 등으로) 갈기다 rėžti, kirsti cirst; kapāt memukul erop inhakken hogge løs på walić golpear a plesni хлестать, бить mlátiť usekati po mlatarati slå [] mot (omkring sig) เฉือน vurmak 猛力亂砍 хльостати زور سے وار کرنا quất, quật 挥击

3 to reduce greatly A notice in the shop window read `Prices slashed!' verminder يُخَفِّض الأسْعار намалям рязко snížit skære kraftigt ned stark reduzieren τσεκουρώνω (μτφ.), μειώνω δραστικά rebajar, reducir (tunduvalt) alandama, vähendama تخفيف حسابي دادن alentaa huomattavasti réduire לְקַצֵץ जबरदस्त कटौती करना drastično sniziti (cijenu) nagy árleszállítás(t hajt végre) menurunkan lækka stórlega ridurre 많이 깎다 smarkiai sumažinti ievērojami pazemināt/samazināt mengurangkan drastisch verlagen skjære drastisk ned på obniżać reduzir a reduce сокращать, урезывать znížiť hudo znižati naglo pasti sänka (skära ner) kraftigt ตัดทอน çok azaltmak 大幅削減 скорочувати; знижувати قیمتیں گھٹانا giảm, hạ bớt 大幅度削减（减少）

n

1 a long cut or slit. sny جُرْح طَويل разрез (zá)řez, sek snit der Schlitz σχισμή, σκίσιμο tajo, cuchillada lõige چاك viilto entaille חֲתָך चीरा porezotina, dubok rez vágás sayatan skurður sfregio; squarcio 下げる 벤 상처 pjūvis (zobena u.tml.) cirtiens belah snee snitt, splitt; nedskjæring rozcięcie golpe tăietură глубокий порез, рубец (zá)rez, sek zareza posekotina skåra, hack รอยฟัน kesik 長開口，長裂縫 поздовжній розріз چرکا، شگاف vết chém , vết rạch 长缝（口）

2 a sweeping blow. kap ضَربَةٌ قَوِيَّه удар dlouhá řezná rána hug der Hieb γρήγορο χτύπημα golpe nähvak صدای جارو زدن sivallus entaille הַצלָפָה एक जोरदार घूंसा udarac suhintás pukulan högg colpo 一撃 일격 kirtis, smūgis sitiens pukulan houw hogg, kutt cios, ciachnięcie golpe crestătură резкий удар (dlhá) rezná rana udarec udarac hugg, slag การลดราคาอย่างมโหฬาร şiddetli darbe 亂砍 удар з плеча زوردار وار đống cành lá cắt 挥击