Plash

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plash \Plash\, v. t.
     1. To splash, as water.
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     2. To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a
        wall in imitation of granite.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plash \Plash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Plashing}.] [OF. plaissier, plessier, to bend. Cf.
     {Pleach}.]
     To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as,
     to plash a hedge. --Evelyn.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plash \Plash\, n.
     The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or
     intertwined with, other branches.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plash \Plash\, n. [OD. plasch. See {Plash}, v.]
     1. A small pool of standing water; a puddle. --Bacon. "These
        shallow plashes." --Barrow.
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     2. A dash of water; a splash.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plash \Plash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Plashing}.] [Cf. D. plassen, G. platschen. Cf. {Splash}.]
     To dabble in water; to splash. "Plashing among bedded
     pebbles." --Keats.
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           Far below him plashed the waters.        --Longfellow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plash
       n : the sound like water splashing [syn: {splash}]
       v 1: interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge" [syn: {pleach}]
       2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
          baby's face with water" [syn: {spatter}, {splatter}, {splash},
           {splosh}, {swash}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "plash":
     artificial lake, babble, bayou lake, brash, bubble, burble,
     burst of rain, cistern, cloudburst, dam, dead water, deluge, dike,
     douse, downfall, downflow, downpour, drencher, etang, farm pond,
     fishpond, flood, foam, freshwater lake, froth, glacial lake,
     guggle, gurgle, gushing rain, heavy rain, inland sea, lagoon,
     laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, lap, lapping, linn, loch,
     lough, mere, millpond, millpool, nyanza, oxbow lake, pond, pondlet,
     pool, pour, puddle, purl, rainburst, rainspout, rainstorm,
     reservoir, ripple, salina, salt pond, scud, shower, slop, slosh,
     soaker, soaking rain, sparge, spate, spatter, spindrift, splash,
     splatter, splosh, splurge, spout, spray, sprinkle, spume, spurtle,
     stagnant water, standing water, still water, sump, swash, swish,
     tank, tarn, tidal pond, torrent of rain, trill, volcanic lake,
     wash, washing, water hole, water pocket, waterspout, well