gashing
Meaning of gashing
- make a long, deep cut in.
the jagged edges gashed their fingers
Middle English garse, from Old French garcer ‘to chap, crack’, perhaps based on Greek kharassein ‘sharpen, scratch, engrave’. The current spelling is recorded from the mid 16th century.
Information about gashing
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of gashing
gash-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- gashing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
gashing synonyms
Meaning tear or make deep cuts in (flesh or skin):
Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:
Meaning make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade:
Meaning make a puncture in (something):
Meaning cut (skin or flesh) with a surgical instrument:
Meaning cut or scratch a notch or line on (a surface):
Meaning make a long, narrow cut in:
Meaning break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain:
Meaning tear (something) into pieces:
Meaning make a nick or nicks in:
Meaning cut a small notch or incision in (something):
Meaning make notches in:
Meaning split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain:
Meaning score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object:
Meaning drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter:
Meaning (of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field:
Meaning scrape or wear away by friction or erosion:
Meaning inflict a wound on:
Meaning do physical harm or damage to (someone):
Meaning cause pain or injury to:
Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:
Meaning wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged:
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Words that rhyme with gashing
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