Definition: a quick run
Definition: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
Usage: he broke into a run; his daily run keeps him fit
Definition: the act of moving with great haste
Usage: he made a dash for the door
Similar words: rush, rushing, hurry, haste
Definition: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
Usage: in his haste to leave he forgot his book
Synonyms: elan, dash, flair, panache, style
Definition: distinctive and stylish elegance
Usage: he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
Similar words: elegance
Definition: a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
Usage: she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility
Definition: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
Similar words: telegraphic signal, radiotelegraphic signal
Definition: a signal transmitted by telegraphy
Definition: a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
Similar words: punctuation, punctuation mark
Definition: the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
Synonyms: dash
Definition: a footrace run at top speed
Usage: he is preparing for the 100-yard dash
Similar words: track event
Definition: a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor)
Synonyms: dash
Definition: add an enlivening or altering element to
Usage: blue paint dashed with white
Definition: add as an additional element or part
Usage: mix water into the drink
Definition: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
Usage: Smash a plate
Similar words: break
Definition: destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
Usage: He broke the glass plate; She broke the match
Definition: hurl or thrust violently
Usage: He dashed the plate against the wall; Waves were dashing against the rock
Synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off, pall
Definition: cause to lose courage
Usage: dashed by the refusal
Similar words: restrain, intimidate
Definition: to compel or deter by or as if by threats
Synonyms: shoot, scoot, scud, dart, dash, flash
Definition: run or move very quickly or hastily
Usage: She dashed into the yard
Similar words: hasten, hotfoot, hie, cannonball along, bucket along, pelt along, belt along, step on it, race, speed, rush, rush along
Definition: move fast
Usage: He rushed down the hall to receive his guests; The cars raced down the street
Synonyms: dash
Definition: destroy or break
Usage: dashed ambitions and hopes
Similar words: spoil, scotch, queer, thwart, bilk, baffle, foil, frustrate, cross
Definition: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Usage: What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge; foil your opponent