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plash

1

[ plash ]

noun

  1. a gentle splash.
  2. a pool or puddle.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to splash gently.

plash

2

[ plash ]

verb (used with object)

plash

1

/ plæʃ /

verb

  1. another word for pleach
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


plash

2

/ plæʃ /

verb

  1. a less common word for splash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • plashing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plash1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English plasch “pool, puddle,” Old English plæsc; cognate with Dutch, Low German plas, probably of imitative origin

Origin of plash2

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French plaissier, derivative of plais hedge < Vulgar Latin *plaxum < ?
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plash1

C15: from Old French plassier, from plais hedge, woven fence, from Latin plectere to plait; compare pleach

Origin of plash2

Old English plæsc, probably imitative; compare Dutch plas
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Example Sentences

After marchin a little through the plash and mud, "Has anybody seen Coxy's fly?"

The constant plash of falling fruit showed that birds were feeding overhead.

Thick blew the smoke across the stream, and faster flash'd theflame: The water plash'd in hissing jets as ball and bullet came.

The drowsy hum of insects, the plash of cool, running waters fell softly on the ear.

The monotonous plash of the waves on the shore came dully booming over the rattle of their own carriage-wheels.

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