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English Dictionary: Slashed by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slashed
adj
  1. patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes; "brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather
  2. having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric; "a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining"
  3. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"
    Synonym(s): cut, slashed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slashed \Slashed\, a.
      1. Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed;
            especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or
            other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under
            vesture.
  
                     A gray jerkin, with scarlet and slashed sleeves.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Bot.) Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp
            incisions; laciniate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slash \Slash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slashing}.] [OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF.
      esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E.
      slate, slice, slit, v. t.]
      1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long
            slits.
  
      2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] --King.
  
      3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] --Dr. H. More.
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