vverb.motionrun or move very quickly or hastilySynset:dart dash flash scoot scud shoot
Derivationally Related Form:dashdartscooter
Hypernyms:belt along bucket along cannonball along hasten hie hotfoot pelt along race rush rush along speed step on it
Inherited Hypernyms:dartrushtravel
Direct Hyponyms:plunge
Full Troponyms:plunge
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.changebreak into pieces, as by striking or knocking overSynset:dash smash
Derivationally Related Form:smashsmashersmashing
Hypernyms:break
Inherited Hypernyms:smashbreakseparate
Direct Hyponyms:blastknock down
Full Troponyms:blast
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the glass tubes (apply to: smash)
vverb.contacthurl or thrust violentlySynset:crash dash
Examples:- He dashed the plate against the wall
- Waves were dashing against the rock
Hypernyms:cast hurl hurtle
Inherited Hypernyms:crashhurlthrowpropelmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.socialdestroy or breakExamples:- dashed ambitions and hopes
Hypernyms:baffle bilk cross foil frustrate queer scotch spoil thwart
Inherited Hypernyms:dashthwartprevent
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.emotioncause to lose courageSynset:dash daunt frighten away frighten off pall scare scare away scare off
Derivationally Related Form:scarepall
Hypernyms:intimidate
Inherited Hypernyms:dauntintimidatediscourage
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: scare, daunt) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: frighten away, scare off, frighten off) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: scare away, frighten away, frighten off)
vverb.changeadd an enlivening or altering element toExamples:- blue paint dashed with white
Hypernyms:mix mix in
Inherited Hypernyms:dashmixaddincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.alllively and spiritedSynset:gallant
Antonyms:spiritless
Inherited Hypernyms:dashing
Similar to:spirited
adj satadj.allmarked by up-to-dateness in dress and mannersSynset:dapper jaunty natty raffish rakish snappy spiffy spruce
Examples:- a dapper young man
- a jaunty red hat
Antonyms:unfashionable
Derivationally Related Form:nattinessdappernessrakishnessjauntinessspruceness
Inherited Hypernyms:dapper
Similar to:fashionable stylish