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SPLASH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of scattering water about haphazardly

Synonyms:

splash; splashing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

wetting (the act of making something wet)

Derivation:

splash (dash a liquid upon or against)

splash (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force)

splash (soil or stain with a splashed liquid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

Synonyms:

spatter; spattering; splash; splashing; splattering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

painting (the act of applying paint to a surface)

Derivation:

splash (dash a liquid upon or against)

splash (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force)

splash (soil or stain with a splashed liquid)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A patch of bright color

Example:

her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

dapple; fleck; maculation; patch; speckle; spot (a small contrasting part of something)

Derivation:

splashy (covered with patches of bright color)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The sound like water splashing

Synonyms:

plash; splash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "splash"):

splat (a single splash)

Derivation:

splash (dash a liquid upon or against)

splash (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force)

splash (make a splashing sound)

splashy (characterized by water flying about haphazardly)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A small quantity of something moist or liquid

Example:

just a splash of whiskey

Synonyms:

dab; splash; splatter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)

Derivation:

splash (mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

Example:

he made a great splash and then disappeared

Synonyms:

splash; stir

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("splash" is a kind of...):

commotion; disruption; disturbance; flutter; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; hurly burly; kerfuffle; to-do (a disorderly outburst or tumult)

Derivation:

splashy (marked by ostentation but often tasteless)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered

Example:

The mountain was splashed with snow

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

cover; overlay (put something on top of something else)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

splash (a small quantity of something moist or liquid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dash a liquid upon or against

Example:

The mother splashed the baby's face with water

Synonyms:

plash; spatter; splash; splatter; splosh; swash

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splash"):

puddle (make a puddle by splashing water)

slosh; slosh around; slush; slush around (spill or splash copiously or clumsily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

splash (the act of scattering water about haphazardly)

splash (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

splash (the sound like water splashing)

splashing (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

Example:

She splashed the water around her

Synonyms:

splash; splosh; sprinkle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

disperse; dot; dust; scatter; sprinkle (distribute loosely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splash"):

salt (sprinkle as if with salt)

drizzle; moisten (moisten with fine drops)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

splash (the act of scattering water about haphazardly)

splash (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

splash (the sound like water splashing)

splashing (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Strike and dash about in a liquid

Example:

The boys splashed around in the pool

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "splash"):

swatter (splash and flutter about in or as if in water)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

splashing (the act of scattering water about haphazardly)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Soil or stain with a splashed liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They splash the bread with melted butter

Derivation:

splash (the act of scattering water about haphazardly)

splash (the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Walk through mud or mire

Example:

We had to splosh across the wet meadow

Synonyms:

slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

footslog; pad; plod; slog; tramp; trudge (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Make a splashing sound

Example:

water was splashing on the floor

Synonyms:

slosh; slush; splash; splosh

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "splash" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

splash (the sound like water splashing)

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 Context examples: 

It has a short, hard, dense coat of pure white with characteristic black or liver colored spots randomly splashed over it.

(Dalmatian, NCI Thesaurus)

A curling wave struck the side and splashed salt spray on my lips.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

When they came out, he put the parcel under his arm with a more cheerful aspect, and splashed through the puddles as if he rather enjoyed it on the whole.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

In their experiment, the Cambridge researchers found that somewhat counter-intuitively, the initial splash, the formation of the cavity, and the jet of liquid are all effectively silent.

(What causes the sound of a dripping tap – and how do you stop it?, University of Cambridge)

It has a feathered, silky coat that comes in shades of chestnut to mahogany, sometimes with splashes of white on the chest and feet.

(Irish Setter, NCI Thesaurus)

I turned, and Miss Ingram darted forwards from her sofa: the others, too, looked up from their several occupations; for at the same time a crunching of wheels and a splashing tramp of horse-hoofs became audible on the wet gravel.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The years were not many when the Yeehats noted a change in the breed of timber wolves; for some were seen with splashes of brown on head and muzzle, and with a rift of white centring down the chest.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I thanked him, and took my seat at the board; but found it extremely difficult to handle my knife and fork with anything like dexterity, or to avoid splashing myself with the gravy, while he was standing opposite, staring so hard, and making me blush in the most dreadful manner every time I caught his eye.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

ALL through that weary night my uncle and I, with Belcher, Berkeley Craven, and a dozen of the Corinthians, searched the country side for some trace of our missing man, but save for that ill-boding splash upon the road not the slightest clue could be obtained as to what had befallen him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It wasn’t black, sir, nor was it white, nor any colour that I know but a kind of queer shade like clay with a splash of milk in it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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