Overview of noun slash

The noun slash has 4 senses

• cut, gash, slash, slice -- (a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut")


• slash -- (an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind))


• solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix -- (a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information)


• slash, gash -- (a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument)

Overview of verb slash

The verb slash has 5 senses

• slash, cut down -- (cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete)


• flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce -- (beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced")


• slash, gash -- (cut open; "she slashed her wrists")


• slash -- (cut drastically; "Prices were slashed")


• convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate -- (move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed")