Definition

1. Noun:

   • A small, shallow pool of water; a puddle: A "plash" can refer to a small, often temporary, body of standing water.
   • The sound of liquid hitting a surface or of something moving in water: A "plash" is a light, splashing sound.

2. Verb:

   • To splash or cause to splash: To "plash" means to cause a liquid to scatter in drops or to make a splashing sound.
   • To interlace or weave together (branches, twigs, etc.): To "plash" is to bend and intertwine the shoots or branches of trees or shrubs, often to form a hedge or fence.

Examples

• Noun:

  • After the rain, a small plash formed in the dirt road.
  • The only sound was the gentle plash of the oars in the calm lake.

• Verb (to splash):

  • The child plashed happily in the puddle.
  • A passing car plashed muddy water onto the sidewalk.

• Verb (to interlace):

  • The gardener plashed the willow branches to create a living fence.

Advanced Usage

• "to plash down": to fall or land in water with a splash.
  • The stone plashed down into the well.
• Used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke specific auditory or visual imagery related to water.

Variants and Related Words

• Splash: A more common synonym for the verb and noun related to water. "Splash" often implies more force or volume than "plash."
• Pleach: A direct synonym for the verb meaning to interlace branches. "Pleach a hedge" is a common phrase.
• Plashy (adj): Describing something full of puddles or producing a splashing sound.

Synonyms

• Noun (pool): Puddle, pool.
• Noun (sound): Splash, lap, burble.
• Verb (splash): Splatter, spatter, sprinkle.
• Verb (interlace): Interweave, intertwine, pleach.

Related Phrases

• Make a plash: To create a splashing sound or effect.
  • The frog made a quiet plash as it jumped into the pond.

Related Idioms

• Not to make a plash: To fail to attract attention or cause an impact. (A less common, literary variant of "not to make a splash.")
  • His new book failed to make a plash in literary circles.

Noun

1. the sound like water splashing

Verb

1. dash a liquid upon or against
   • The mother splashed the baby's face with water
2. interlace the shoots of
   • pleach a hedge