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Ran vs Dashed - What's the difference?

ran | dashed |

As verbs the difference between ran and dashed

is that ran is simple past of run while dashed is past participle of lang=en.

As a noun ran

is yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

As a proper noun RAN

is Royal Australian Navy.

As an adjective dashed is

of a line, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

ran

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (run)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nautical) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) ran

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Open robbery.
    • (Lambarde)
    (Webster 1913)

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    * * English irregular simple past forms ----

    dashed

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a line, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
  • (British, informal) A euphemism for damned .
    • It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford.

    Usage notes

    * Dashed in the sense of "damned" is considered to be upper-class or somewhat old-fashioned.

    Synonyms

    * (line) broken * (damned) darned (especially US)

    See also

    * dotted

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