Meaning

11 senses

  1. (intransitive)To run quickly or for a short distance.

    He dashed across the field.

    spurten, sprinten, rennen

    нести́сьnestísʹ, мча́тьсяmčátʹsja

    run or move very quickly or hastily

  2. (informal, intransitive)To leave or depart.

    I have to dash now. See you soon.

  3. (transitive)To destroy by striking (against).

    He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.

    destroy or break

  4. (transitive)To throw violently.

    The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.

    schleudern, werfen, schmettern

    швыря́тьšvyrjátʹ, швырну́тьšvyrnútʹ, броса́тьbrosátʹ

    hurl or thrust violently

  5. (ambitransitive, figuratively, sometimes)To sprinkle; to splatter.

    streuen, spritzen

    бры́згатьbrýzgatʹ, побры́згатьpobrýzgatʹ

  6. (dated, transitive)To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.

    to dash wine with water

    bespritzen, hinwerfen, stürzen

  7. (transitive)To ruin; to destroy.

    Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.

    schlagen, zerschmettern, zerschlagen

    разбива́тьrazbivátʹ, разби́тьrazbítʹ, разруша́тьrazrušátʹ

  8. (transitive)To dishearten; to sadden.

    Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.

    entmutigen, bedrücken

    приводи́ть в уны́ниеprivodítʹ v unýnije, привести́ в уны́ниеprivestí v unýnije, расхола́живатьrasxoláživatʹ

  9. (transitive)To complete hastily.

    He dashed down his eggs.

    She dashed off her homework.

    herunterreissen, herunterstürzen

  10. (transitive)To draw or write quickly; jot.

    skizzieren, stricheln

  11. (dated, euphemistic, transitive)Damn (in forming oaths).

    Dash his impudence! Who is that scoundrel?

Examples

125 sentences

  1. Tom dashed after Mary.

    Том кинувся за Мері. — deniko

    ruТом бросился Мэри вдогонку. — sharptoothed

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  2. We ran a hundred-meter dash.

    ruМы пробежали стометровку. — marafon

    deWir sind einen Hundert-Meter-Sprint gelaufen. — Esperantostern

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  3. He dashed out of the store.

    ruОн выбежал из магазина. — sharptoothed

    deEr stürmte aus dem Laden. — Hans_Adler

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  4. They dashed water into my face.

    ruОни плеснули воду мне в лицо. — shanghainese

    deSie haben Wasser in mein Gesicht gespritzt. — martikkk

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  5. Tom dashed out of the room.

    ruТом бросился вон из комнаты. — sharptoothed

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 6
to run short distance:
to throw violently:
to sprinkle:
to destroy:
of hopes or dreams: to ruin:
to dishearten:
Deutsch
By meaning 9
to run short distance:
to throw violently:
to sprinkle:
to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner:
to destroy:
of hopes or dreams: to ruin:
to dishearten:
to complete hastily:
to draw quickly:

Origin

From Middle English daschen, dassen, from Danish daske (“to slap, strike”), related to Swe

From Middle English daschen, dassen, from Danish daske (“to slap, strike”), related to Swedish daska (“to smack, slap, spank”), of obscure origin. Compare German tatschen (“to grope, paw”), Old English dwǣsċan (“to quell, put out, destroy, extinguish”). See also dush.

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Forms

dashes, dashing, dashed, dashed
Base formdash · to dash
3rd person singulardashes
Present participledashing
Past simpledashed
Past participledashed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydash
he, she, itdashes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdashed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dashed
he, she, ithas dashed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dash

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

308 synonyms
boltB2rushB1sprintB2goA1removeB1bookB1bounceB1departB1exitB1leaveA1partB2startA1splitB2quitA2
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Derivedairdashdash downdash offdash oninterdashoutdashsplash-and-dashtodash

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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