What is the meaning of dashed?

verb

  • Run or move very quickly or hastily.
    • usage: "She dashed into the yard"
  • Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over.
    • usage: "Smash a plate"
  • Hurl or thrust violently.
    • usage: "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
  • Destroy or break.
    • usage: "dashed ambitions and hopes"
  • Cause to lose courage.
    • usage: "dashed by the refusal"
  • Add an enlivening or altering element to.
    • usage: "blue paint dashed with white"

adjective

  • Having gaps or spaces.
    • usage: "sign on the dotted line"
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APAWordNet. (2010). dashed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/dashed/definitions/1171971
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "dashed" http://smartdefine.org/dashed/definitions/1171971 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, dashed, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/dashed/definitions/1171971>.
MLAWordNet. "dashed" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/dashed/definitions/1171971>
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