"Dash" is a word in ENGLISH
A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke
or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash
of rain.
The sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note
over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner.
Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a
sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in
its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or
epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead
of marks or parenthesis.
Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike
violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to
depress.
To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike
violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with
out; as, to dash out a word.
A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial
overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of
purple.
A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes
received a dash.
To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to
crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute
rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review
or sermon.
A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race
course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the
race.
The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a
direction to raise the interval a semitone.
A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or
cut a great dash.
To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix,
reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality;
to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to
dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
Have you ever witnessed the anger of the good shopkeeper, James Goodfellow, when his careless son has happened to break a pane of glass? If you have been present at such a scene, you will most assuredly bear witness to the fact that every one of the spectators, were there even thirty of them, by common consent apparently, offered the unfortunate owner this invariable consolation – "It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. Everybody must live, and what would become of the glaziers if panes of glass were never broken?"Now, this form of condolence contains an entire theory, which it will be well to show up in this simple case, seeing that it is precisely the same as that which, unhappily, regulates the greater part of our economical institutions.Suppose it cost six francs to repair the damage, and you say that the accident brings six francs to the glazier's trade – that it encourages that trade to the amount of six francs – I grant it; I have not a word to say against it; you reason justly. The glazier comes, performs his task, receives his six francs, rubs his hands, and, in his heart, blesses the careless child. All this is that which is seen.But if, on the other hand, you come to the conclusion, as is too often the case, that it is a good thing to break windows, that it causes money to circulate, and that the encouragement of industry in general will be the result of it, you will oblige me to call out, "Stop there! Your theory is confined to that which is seen; it takes no account of that which is not seen."It is not seen that as our shopkeeper has spent six francs upon one thing, he cannot spend them upon another. It is not seen that if he had not had a window to replace, he would, perhaps, have replaced his old shoes, or added another book to his library. In short, he would have employed his six francs in some way, which this accident has prevented.
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One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.
Read the complete definitionThe act of dashing against, or striking upon.
Read the complete definitionbágrot - To gnash one’s teeth, to grind the teeth, to strike or dash the teeth together in anger or …
Read the complete definitionTo come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves …
Read the complete definitionTo dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
Read the complete definitionTo wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter.
Read the complete definitionA sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning.
Read the complete definitionA unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by …
Read the complete definitionTo dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an …
Read the complete definitionA gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.
Read the complete definitionJovial and blustering; dashing.
Read the complete definitionA brisk, dashing fellow.
Read the complete definitionbúngga - To jump at, charge, pounce—, swoop down—, upon, make a dash for, but without actually touching the victim. …
Read the complete definitionbungsud n general term for fish corrals. v {1} [A1; c1] make, make into a fish corral. {2} [A; a12] …
Read the complete definitionbuúng - Broken, smashed, shattered to bits, dashed to pieces, broken into fragments (said of glass, pottery, etc.).
Read the complete definitionbúung - To break into fragments, dash to pieces, shatter to bits, smash. Nabúung ang kólon. The rice-pot was broken …
Read the complete definitionShifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.
Read the complete definitionTo make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.
Read the complete definitionTo strike or dash against.
Read the complete definitionTo strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.
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