gash
To make a deep, long cutTo make a deep, long cut; to slash.
» Jonas had gashes on his forehead.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo make a deep, long cut; to slash.
My leg got gashed.
разрезатьrazrezatʹ, ре́затьrézatʹ
cut open
Examples
12 sentencesJonas had gashes on his forehead.
The knife accidentally gashes his hand.
The knife accidentally gashes her hand.
He's got a huge gash on his shin.
deEr hat einen Riesenschnitt am Schienbein. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yanni had a massive gash in his face.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (MoAlteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).
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Forms
gashes, gashing, gashed, gashedSynonyms
14 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.