gash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gash	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for gash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gash n a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" Synonym(s): cut, gash, slash, slice a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation Synonym(s): cut, gash a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument Synonym(s): slash, gash v cut open; "she slashed her wrists" Synonym(s): slash, gash
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gash \Gash\ (g[acr]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gashed} (g[acr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gashing}.] [For older garth or garse, OF. garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. {Carpet}.] To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh. Grievously gashed or gored to death. --Hayward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gash \Gash\, n. A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.