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plash
(plăsh)n.
1. A light splash.
2. The sound of a light splash.
v. plashed, plash·ing, plash·es
v.tr.
To spatter (liquid) about; splash.
v.intr.
To cause a light splash.
[Possibly from Middle English plashe, pool of water, from Old English plæsc.]
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plash
(plæʃ)vb, n
a less common word for splash
[Old English plæsc, probably imitative; compare Dutch plas]
plash
(plæʃ)vb
(Horticulture) another word for pleach
[C15: from Old French plassier, from plais hedge, woven fence, from Latin plectere to plait; compare pleach]
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plash
(plæʃ)n.
1. a gentle splash.
2. a pool or puddle.
v.t., v.i. 3. to splash gently.
[before 1000; Middle English plasch pool, puddle, Old English plæsc; c. Dutch, Low German plas]
plash′ing•ly, adv.
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Plash
a heavy fall of rain or similar outpouring.Examples: plash of rain, 1887; of sunlight, 1848; of water, 1851; of waterfowl, 1882.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
plash
Past participle: plashed
Gerund: plashing
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| Noun | 1. |  plash - the sound like water splashing noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" splat - a single splash; "he heard a splat as it hit the floor" |
| Verb | 1. | plash - interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge" |
| 2. | plash - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" puddle - make a puddle by splashing water slosh around, slush around, slush, slosh - spill or splash copiously or clumsily; "slosh paint all over the walls" |
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Translations
plash
(liter)n (of water, rain) → Plätschern nt; (of oars) → Platschen nt
vi (water, rain) → plätschern; (oars) → platschen
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