[syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plash \Plash\, n. [OD. plasch. See Plash, v.]
1. A small pool of standing water; a puddle. --Bacon. "These
shallow plashes." --Barrow.
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2. A dash of water; a splash.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Far below him plashed the waters. --Longfellow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plash \Plash\, v. t.
1. To splash, as water.
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2. To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a
wall in imitation of granite.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plash \Plash\, n.
The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or
intertwined with, other branches.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plash
n 1: the sound like water splashing [syn: splash, plash]
v 1: interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge" [syn: pleach,
plash]
2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash,
splash, splosh, swash]