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1[intransitive] + adv./prep. (of liquid) to fall noisily onto a surface Water splashed onto the floor. Rain splashed against the windows. Big tears ran down her cheeks and splashed onto the paper.
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- 2[transitive] to make someone or something wet by making water, mud, etc. fall on them/it splash something on/onto/over somebody/something He splashed cold water on his face. splash somebody/something with something He splashed his face with cold water. My clothes were splashed with mud. splash somebody/something Stop splashing me! Try not to splash the leaves when you water the plant.
- 3[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move through water making drops fly everywhere The kids were splashing through the puddles. People were having fun in the pool, swimming or just splashing around.
- 4[transitive] splash something with something [usually passive] to decorate something with areas of bright color, not in a regular pattern The walls were splashed with patches of blue and purple. Phrasal Verbssplash acrosssplash down
splash
verbNAmE//splæʃ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they splash he / she / it splashes
past simple splashed
-ing form splashing
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