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Definition of Plash

1. Noun. The sound like water splashing.

2. Verb. Interlace the shoots of. "Pleach a hedge"

3. Verb. Dash a liquid upon or against. "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

Definition of Plash

1. n. A small pool of standing water; a puddle.

2. v. i. To dabble in water; to splash.

3. v. t. To splash, as water.

4. v. t. To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge.

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

Definition of Plash

1. Noun. (UK dialectal) A small pool of standing water; a puddle. ¹

2. Noun. A splash, or the sound made by a splash. ¹

3. Noun. The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To splash. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To cause a splash. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plash

1. to weave together [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Plash

1. The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plash

plapper plappered plappering plappers plapping plaps plaque plaque-forming unit plaque and tartar cause plaques

plaquet plaquets plaquette plaquettes plash (current term) plashed plasher plashers plashes plashet

plashets plashier plashiest plashing plashings plashoot plashy plasm plasma

Literary usage of Plash

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"To plash or splash is to dash about liquids, to dabble in water. ... Fr. plesser, to plash, to fold or plait young branches one within another, ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"130. Johnson quotes Evelyn Cor it. Also for what wen dash water about with noise. Hence, plash, «. A shallow pool, or collection of water. ..."

3. A Dictionary of the English Language: Abridged from the American Dictionary by Noah Webster (1833)
"Plant'-ing, n. the art of setting or laying in the plash, ... plash, ». a puddle of water, a cut branch. plash'-ed,* p. interwoven us branches. ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... WHI'plash. ». /. The lash or small end o* a whip. l\ ::••'••'•' wel knotted and ... plash ..."

5. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"To plash or splash is to dash about liquids, to dabble in water. ... Fr. plesser, to plash, to fold or plait young branches one within another, ..."

6. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"130. Johnson quotes Evelyn Cor it. Also for what wen dash water about with noise. Hence, plash, «. A shallow pool, or collection of water. ..."

7. A Dictionary of the English Language: Abridged from the American Dictionary by Noah Webster (1833)
"Plant'-ing, n. the art of setting or laying in the plash, ... plash, ». a puddle of water, a cut branch. plash'-ed,* p. interwoven us branches. ..."

8. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... WHI'plash. ». /. The lash or small end o* a whip. l\ ::••'••'•' wel knotted and ... plash ..."

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