slash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slash	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for slash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slash n a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" Synonym(s): cut, gash, slash, slice an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information Synonym(s): solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument Synonym(s): slash, gash v cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete [syn: slash, cut down] beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" Synonym(s): flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce cut open; "she slashed her wrists" Synonym(s): slash, gash cut drastically; "Prices were slashed" move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" Synonym(s): convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slash \Slash\, n. A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency. We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us. --Henry Van Dyke.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slash \Slash\, v. i. To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly. Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slash \Slash\, n. 1. A long cut; a cut made at random. 2. A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings. 3. [Cf. {Slashy}.] pl. Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
slash n. Common name for the slant (`/', ASCII 0101111) character. See {ASCII} for other synonyms.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
slash {oblique stroke}