Synonyms for gashes
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : gash |
Phonetic Transcription : gæʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for gashes Other synonyms for the word gashes
Définition of gashes
Origin :- 1540s, from Middle English garce (early 13c.), from Old North French garser "to scarify, cut, slash" (Old French *garse), apparently from Vulgar Latin *charassare, from Greek kharassein "engrave," from PIE *gher- "to scrape, scratch" (cf. character). Loss of -r- is characteristic (see ass (n.2)). Slang use for "vulva" dates to mid-1700s.
- noun cut made by slicing
- verb cut by slicing
- Some troubles ain't no more 'n a dull pain, an' some are like cuts an' gashes.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- He smiled his close-lipped smile that made wrinkles like gashes in his cheeks.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- Cuts, gashes, and bruises are the frequent experience of smacksmen.
- Extract from : « The Young Trawler » by R.M. Ballantyne
- The leg is good cut in gashes, and filled with a dressing, and baked.
- Extract from : « The American Housewife » by Anonymous
- All had been scalped, and the bodies were mutilated with gashes of the tomahawks.
- Extract from : « Captain Bayley's Heir: » by G. A. Henty
- My heart is one huge wound, from the gashes she has cut in it.
- Extract from : « Jack » by Alphonse Daudet
- They whooped her awful and rubbed salt and pepper in the gashes, and another man stood by handed her a hoe.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 » by Work Projects Administration
- The little fruit-trees had been felled, or lay half-fallen with gashes in their sides.
- Extract from : « A Company of Tanks » by W. H. L. Watson
- Has the gladiator no parents whom he feeds with that blood which flows from his gashes?
- Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
- There were hideous welts and gashes and half-healed scars all over his body.
- Extract from : « The Revolt of the Star Men » by Raymond Gallun
Antonyms for gashes
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