plash

/plæʃ/
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plash

The mother splashed the baby's face with water.

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.
plash

The mother splashed the baby's face with water.

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

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