verb · transitive · common

clash

clash · clashes · clashed · clashing

зіткнутися, стикатися, конфліктувати, збігатися

столкнуться, греметь, сталкиваться, грохотать

scheppern, einen Krach haben, zusammenstoßen, aufeinanderprallen

To make a clashing soundTo make a clashing sound.

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UK/ˈklaʃ/US/ˈklæʃ/

» The carpet clashes with the drapes.

Der Teppich beißt sich mit den Vorhängen.

Meaning

9 senses

(intransitive)To make a clashing sound.
The cymbals clashed.
scheppern
греме́тьgremétʹ, грохота́тьgroxotátʹ
дзенькоті́тиdzenʹkotíty, дзе́нькатиdzénʹkaty
(transitive)To cause to make a clashing sound.
(intransitive)To come into violent conflict.
Fans from opposing teams clashed on the streets after the game.
zusammenstoßen, aufeinanderprallen
ста́лкиватьсяstálkivatʹsja, столкну́тьсяstolknútʹsja, конфликтова́тьkonfliktovátʹ
стика́тисяstykátysja, зіткну́тисяzitknútysja, конфліктува́тиkonfliktuváty
be incompatible; be or come into conflict
(intransitive)To argue angrily.
My parents often clashed about minor things, such as the cleaning or shopping rota.
zanken, zoffen, einen Krach haben
вола́тисяvolátysja
(intransitive)To face each other in an important game.
(intransitive)To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
You can't wear that shirt! It clashes with your trousers.
The hotel room was ugly, and the wallpaper clashed with the carpet.
(intransitive)To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
I can't come to your wedding because it clashes with a friend's funeral.
I wanted to take German, but it clashed with art on the timetable.
überschneiden
збіга́тисяzbihátysja, збі́гтисяzbíhtysja
(Scotland, intransitive)To chatter or gossip.
(intransitive, slang)To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
Dude, are we clashing tonight?
Let's clash before bedtime.

Examples

63 sentences

The carpet clashes with the drapes.
deDer Teppich beißt sich mit den Vorhängen.
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These colors clash with each other.
deDiese Farben beißen sich.
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Those colors clash with each other.
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Their swords clashed.
ruИх шпаги скрестились.
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These colors clash.
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Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 4

to make a clashing sound:

to conflict:

to argue angrily:

(of events) to coincide:

Русский

By meaning 2

to make a clashing sound:

to conflict:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to make a clashing sound:

to conflict:

to argue angrily:

(of events) to coincide:

Origin

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Saterland Frisian klatskje (“to smack, slap”), West Frisia

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Saterland Frisian klatskje (“to smack, slap”), West Frisian kletse, kletskje, Dutch kletsen (“to smack, slap, clash”), German Low German klattsen, klatsken (“to smack, splash”), German klatschen (“to clap, smack, slap”) and Klatsch (“a clapping sound; the din resulting from two or more things colliding”), Danish klaske (“to clash, splatter”).

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