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Definition of plash - 9 dictionary results

plash

1[plash]
–noun
1. a gentle splash.
2. a pool or puddle.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3. to splash gently.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME plasch pool, puddle, OE plæsc; c. D, LG plas, prob. of imit. orig.


plash⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

plash

2[plash]
–verb (used with object)
pleach.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < MF plaissier, deriv. of plais hedge < VL *plaxum < ?


plasher, noun
plash   (plāsh)   
n.  
  1. A light splash.
  2. The sound of a light splash.
v.   plashed, plash·ing, plash·es

v.   tr.
To spatter (liquid) about; splash.
v.   intr.
To cause a light splash.

[Possibly from Middle English plashe, pool of water, from Old English plæsc.]

Plash

Plash\, n. [OD. plasch. See Plash, v.]

1. A small pool of standing water; a puddle. --Bacon. "These shallow plashes." --Barrow.

2. A dash of water; a splash.

Plash

Plash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plashing.] [Cf. D. plassen, G. platschen. Cf. Splash.] To dabble in water; to splash. "Plashing among bedded pebbles." --Keats.

Far below him plashed the waters. --Longfellow.

Plash

Plash\, v. t. 1. To splash, as water.

2. To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.

Plash

Plash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plashing.] [OF. plaissier, plessier, to bend. Cf. Pleach.] To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. --Evelyn.

Plash

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

plash 
"small puddle, wet ground," O.E. plæsc "pool of water, puddle," probably onomatopoeic (cf. Du. plassen, Ger. platschen). Meaning "noise made by splashing" is first recorded 1513.
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