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(verb) add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white" |
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Related Words: mix, mix in |
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(noun) a quick run |
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Synonyms: sprint |
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Related Words: break, run, running |
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(noun) the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" |
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Synonyms: bolt |
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Related Words: haste, hurry, rush, rushing |
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(verb) destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes" |
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Related Words: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
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(noun) distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" |
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Synonyms: elan, flair, panache, style |
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Related Words: elegance |
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(noun) the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code |
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Synonyms: dah |
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Related Words: radiotelegraphic signal, telegraphic signal |
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(noun) a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash" |
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Related Words: track event |
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(verb) break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate" |
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Synonyms: smash |
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Related Words: break |
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(verb) hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" |
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Synonyms: crash |
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Related Words: cast, hurl, hurtle |
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(verb) cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" |
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Synonyms: daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off |
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Related Words: intimidate, restrain |
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(verb) run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" |
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Synonyms: dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot |
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Related Words: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, plunge, race, rush, rush along, speed |
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(noun) a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text |
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Synonyms: hyphen |
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Related Words: punctuation, punctuation mark |
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