Gash Definition

găsh
gashed, gashes, gashing
verb
gashed, gashes, gashing
To make a long, deep cut in; slash.
Webster's New World
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noun
gashes
A long, deep cut.
Webster's New World
A deep flesh wound.
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Other Word Forms of Gash

Noun

Singular:
gash
Plural:
gashes

Origin of Gash

  • Alteration of Middle English garsen to scarify from Old North French garser from Late Latin charaxāre to scratch, engrave from Greek kharassein

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gash Sentence Examples

  • Andrew threw out his hand and received an ugly gash across the knuckles.

  • A gash in one leg prevented him from rising, and he whined as she knelt beside him.

  • In the fall she sustained a deep gash to the left knee.

  • The Gash nevertheless fertilizes a considerable tract of country.

  • It is a region of light rainfall, and cultivation depends chiefly on the Gash flood.

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Words Starting With

GGAGAS

Words Ending With

HSHASH

Unscrambles

gash

Words Starting With G and Ending With H

Starts With G & Ends With HStarts With GA & Ends With HStarts With G & Ends With SH

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With G4 Letter Words Ending With H