Plash

Word PLASH
Character 5
Hyphenation plash
Pronunciations /plæʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Plash"

What do we mean by plash?

A light splash. noun

The sound of a light splash. noun

To spatter (liquid) about; splash. intransitive verb

To cause a light splash. intransitive verb

To bend down and interweave the branches or twigs of: as, to plash a hedge.

To bend down a branch.

A branch of a tree partly cut or lopped, and then bent down and bound to other branches. noun

A small collection of standing water; a puddle; a pool. noun

A sudden downpour of water; a sudden dash or splash: as, a plash of rain. noun

A flash; a spot (of light). noun

A splash or splashing sound. noun

To dabble in water; also, to fall with a dabbling sound; splash.

To splash water or mud.

To make a splashing noise in.

To sprinkle with coloring matter so as to produce an imitation of granite: as, to plash a wall.

A small pool of standing water; a puddle. noun

A dash of water; a splash. noun

To splash, as water. transitive verb

To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter. transitive verb

The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches. noun

A small pool of standing water; a puddle.

A splash, or the sound made by a splash.

A sudden downpour.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Plash

The word "plash" in example sentences

"I'm not interested, as a poet, in words like 'plash' - Seamus Heaney words, interesting words. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sense of calm and silence, the great waste of sea, the monotonous 'plash' of the paddle-wheels, the sort of solitude in the midst of such a crowd, the gradually lengthening distance behind, with the lessening, as gradual, in front, and the always novel feeling of approach to a new country -- these elements impart a sort of dreamy, poetical feeling to the scene. ❋ Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald (1879)

Ben had heard that significant cry of alarm, and almost simultaneously the "plash" made by the little Portuguese as her body dropped down upon the water. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The lunch mural, for want of a better title, strikes an altogether different chord — that of an evacuated spring-blossomy babbling-brook alpine hinterland glorious people-scape, in which the principal technical challenge for the artist was to crank up the volume of the foliage and the foreground blossoms, whilst reining in the waters, because for obvious reasons the plash and gurgle of cataracts can be counterproductive at lunchtime. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And, for Jerry, most delightful of all, there was the gurgle and plash of a brooklet that pursued its invisible way over mossy stones under a garmenture of tender and delicate ferns. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She collected water in a red plastic cup, then tilted the cup over her belly, letting the thin stream plash onto her skin where it split apart into rivulets that ran down the sides of her pregnant dome. ❋ Marisa Silver (2010)

The air smelled strong and alive, and she could hear the purl and plash of fountains, the ting of rain-chimes, and the deep peal of rain-drums. ❋ Michael J. Solender (2010)

It felt so much higher there, so much farther from the sparkle and plash of the waves. ❋ Roland Merullo (2009)

After that, we were wiped—plus it had gotten pretty hot—so after swinging back through the merchants so I could pick up a couple of holiday presents, we headed back to the hotel, changed into our suits, and hit the outdoor pool, which had a fun slide and a waterfall to plash under. ❋ Dayle A. Dermatis (2009)

Favorite panel, the second page plash that shows a seated Revolutionary as he looks over his carnage. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The apparition of Catherine Seyton, which the page had let loose in the first moment of astonishment, vanished in darkness; but the plash of oars was heard, and, in a second or two, five or six harquebuses and a falconet were fired from the battlements of the castle successively, as if levelled at some object on the water. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Over that bridge, the Cappe Nere conducted criminals and heretics to dark underwater caves where the poor wretches lay chained in dank cells listening to the plash of oars as gondolas passed freely overhead. ❋ Elle Newmark (2008)

Like the distant frog-concert and chirp of the cicada, the creak of the water-wheel and the stroke of hammers upon the anvil from afar, the murmur of the fountain, the sough of the wind and the plash of the wavelet, they occupy the sensorium with a soothing effect, forming a barbaric music full of sweetness and peaceful pleasure. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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