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dash | much |

As a noun dash

is (typography) any of the following symbols: (''horizontal bar ).

As a verb dash

is to run quickly or for a short distance.

As a interjection dash

is (euphemistic) damn!.

As a determiner much is

(label) large, great.

As a adverb much is

to a great extent.

As a pronoun much is

a large amount or great extent.

dash

English

Noun

(es)
  • (typography) Any of the following symbols: (''horizontal bar ).
    • sometimes dash'' is also used colloquially to refer to a ''hyphen'' or ''minus sign .
  • A short run.
  • A small quantity of a liquid substance; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
    • Add a dash of vinegar
  • Vigor.
    • Aren't we full of dash this morning?
  • A dashboard.
  • * 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 31:
    • The dash clock said 2:38 when.
  • One of the two symbols of Morse code.
  • (Nigeria) A bribe or gratuity.
  • * 1992 , George B. N. Ayittey, Africa betrayed (page 44)
    • The traditional practice of offering gifts or "dash " to chiefs has often been misinterpreted by scholars to provide a cultural explanation for the pervasive incidence of bribery and corruption in modern Africa.
  • * 2006 , Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo, The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950 (page 99)
    • Writing in 1924 on a similar situation in Ugep, the political officer, Mr. S. T. Harvey noted: "In the old days there was no specified dowry but merely dashes given to the father-in-law
  • * 2008 , Lizzie Williams, Nigeria: The Bradt Travel Guide (page 84)
    • The only other times you'll be asked for a dash is from beggars.
  • (obsolete, euphemistic) A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)
  • * 1824 , "Kiddywinkle History, No. II", Blackwood's Magazine (15, May 1824) p. 540
    • I'll be dashed if I gan another step for less 'an oaf.
  • * 1853 , (William Makepeace Thackery), (The Newcomes)'', Chapter VI, serialized in ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine , (VIII, no. 43, Dec 1853) p. 118
    • Sir Thomas looks as if to ask what the dash is that to you! but wanting still to go to India again, and knowing how strong the Newcomes are in Leadenhall Street, he thinks it necessary to be civil to the young cub, and swallows his pride once more into his waistband.
  • *:Comment : Some editions leave this passage out. Of those that include it, some change the 'you!' to 'you?'.
  • * 1884 , (Lord Robert Gower), My Reminiscences'', reprinted in "The Evening Lamp", ''The Christian Union , (29) 22, (May 29, 1884) p. 524
    • Who the dash' is this person whom none of us know? and what the ' dash does he do here?
  • * 1939 , , (Uncle Fred in the Springtime) Chapter 8
    • I'll be dashed if I squash in with any domestic staff.

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Hypernyms

    * punctuation mark

    Derived terms

    * dashing * dash off * em dash, en dash

    See also

    (punctuation)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To run quickly or for a short distance.
    • He dashed across the field.
  • (informal) To leave or depart.
    • I have to dash now. See you soon.
  • To destroy by striking (against).
    • He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
    • "`Silence! If you make a sound I shall take him and dash his brains out before your very eyes.'
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 4
    • Kala was the youngest mate of a male called Tublat, meaning broken nose, and the child she had seen dashed to death was her first; for she was but nine or ten years old.
  • To throw violently.
    • The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • If you dash a stone against a stone in the bottom of the water, it maketh a sound.
  • To sprinkle; to splatter.
  • * Thomson
    • On each hand the gushing waters play, / And down the rough cascade all dashing fall.
  • (of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
    • Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 13 , author=Sam Lyon , title=Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Arsenal's hopes of starting their Champions League campaign with an away win were dashed when substitute Ivan Perisic's superb late volley rescued a point for Borussia Dortmund.}}
  • To dishearten; to sadden.
    • Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.
  • To complete hastily, usually with down'' or ''off .
    • He dashed''' down his eggs'', ''she '''dashed off her homework
  • To draw quickly; jot.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
    • "Scarborough," Mrs. Flanders wrote on the envelope, and dashed a bold line beneath; it was her native town; the hub of the universe.
  • To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there.
    • to dash''' wine with water; to '''dash paint upon a picture
  • * Addison
    • I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications.
  • * Tennyson
    • The very source and fount of day / Is dashed with wandering isles of night.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (euphemistic) Damn!

    • See also

    * hyphen * minus sign

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    much

    English

    (wikipedia much)

    Determiner

  • (label) Large, great.
  • *:
  • *:Thenne launcelot vnbarred the dore / and with his lyfte hand he held it open a lytel / so that but one man myghte come in attones / and soo there came strydyng a good knyghte a moche man and large / and his name was Colgreuaunce / of Gore / and he with a swerd strake at syr launcelot my?tely and he put asyde the stroke
  • A large amount of.
  • *1816 , (Jane Austen), :
  • *:As it was, he did nothing with much zeal, but sport; and his time was otherwise trifled away, without benefit from books or anything else.
  • *2011 , "Wisconsin and wider", The Economist , 24 February:
  • *:Unless matters take a nastier turn, neither side has much incentive to compromise.
  • *:
  • *:ye shall not nede to seke hym soo ferre sayd the Kynge / for as I here saye sir Launcelot will abyde me and yow in the Ioyous gard / and moche peple draweth vnto hym as I here saye
  • *1526 , Bible , tr. (William Tyndale), Matthew VI:
  • *:When Jesus was come downe from the mountayne, moch people folowed him.
  • *1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) :
  • *:There wasn't much people about that day.
  • *1977 , (Bob Marley), So Much Things to Say :
  • *:They got so much' things to say right now, they got so ' much things to say.

    • Usage notes

    * is now generally used with uncountable nouns. The equivalent used with countable nouns is many. In positive contexts, much'' is widely avoided: ''I have a lot of''' money'' instead of ''I have '''much''' money''. There are some exceptions to this, however: ''I have '''much hope for the future. * Unlike many determiners, .)

    Synonyms

    * (informal) a great deal of, (informal) a lot of

    Antonyms

    * little

    Derived terms

    * how much * overmuch

    Adverb

  • To a great extent.
  • *
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 20, author=Michael da Silva, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Stoke 3-0 Macc Tel-Aviv , passage=Tangling with Ziv, Cameron caught him with a flailing elbow, causing the Israeli defender to go down a little easily. However, the referee was in no doubt, much to the displeasure of the home fans.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much . Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
  • Often; frequently.

    • Usage notes

    * As a verb modifier in positive contexts, must be modified by another adverb: I like fish very much''''', ''I like fish '''so much''''', etc. but not *''I like fish '''much . * As a comparative intensifier, many'' can be used instead of ''much'' if it modifies the comparative form of ''many'', i.e. ''more'' with a countable noun: ''many''' more people'' but '''''much more snow .

    Synonyms

    * (to a great extent) (informal) a great deal, (informal) a lot, greatly, highly, (informal) loads, plenty , very much

    Antonyms

    * (to a great extent) less, little, few

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • A large amount or great extent.
    • From those to whom much''' has been given '''much is expected.

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    Anagrams

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