clash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clash	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for clash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clash n a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" Synonym(s): clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash a state of conflict between persons Synonym(s): clash, friction a state of conflict between colors; "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors" a minor short-term fight Synonym(s): brush, clash, encounter, skirmish v crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" Synonym(s): collide, clash be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash" Synonym(s): clash, jar, collide disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clash \Clash\, v. t. To strike noisily against or together.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clash \Clash\ n. 1. A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision. The roll of cannon and clash of arms. --Tennyson. 2. Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc. Clashes between popes and kings. --Denham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clash \Clash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clashing}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. klatschen, Prov. G. kleschen, D. kletsen, Dan. klaske, E. clack.] 1. To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together. 2. To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere. However some of his interests might clash with those of the chief adjacent colony. --Palfrey.