Antonyms for dart

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dahrt

Phonetic Transcription : dɑrt

Definition of dart

Origin : early 14c., from Old French dart "throwing spear, arrow," from Proto-Germanic *darothuz cf. Old English daroð, Old High German tart, Old Norse darraþr "dart"). Italian and Spanish dardo are said to be from Germanic by way of Old Provençal.

verb race away; propel

Example sentences :

This dart which I hold in my hand was once grim Death's own weapon.
Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Edwin was skilled to toss the dart; from his hand it flew unerring to its aim.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

The Snake would then dart at them, and eat all he could seize.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

"But you've never failed," Miss Adair exclaimed, with a dart of fear in her eyes.
Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess

But when I threw in a live remora, how these hungry fish did dart away!
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

She used to dart at one from some dark recesses which I never explored.
Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

Jim guessed that in an instant the Ray could be made to dart out of the lens.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

Suddenly she turned and attempted to dart across the street.
Extract from : « Jolly Sally Pendleton » by Laura Jean Libbey

They were to me like the stroke of a dart, which penetrated through my heart.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

I had thrust such a dart into him, as he would never be able to draw out.
Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai

Synonyms for dart

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