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Definition of rash noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rash

noun
 
/ræʃ/
 
/ræʃ/
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  1. [countable, usually singular] an area of red spots on a person’s skin, caused by an illness or a reaction to something
    • I woke up covered in a rash.
    • I come out in a rash (= a rash appears on my skin) if I eat chocolate.
    • The sun brought her out in (= caused) an itchy rash.
    • a heat rash (= caused by heat)
    compare spot see also diaper rash, nappy rash
    Extra Examples
    • He has a slight rash on his chest.
    • Some pesticides can cause rashes and burns.
    • The rash most commonly appears on the back.
    • When I'm stressed I break out in a rash.
    Topics Health problemsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • skin
    • itchy
    • red
    verb + rash
    • have
    • break out in
    • come out in
    rash + verb
    • appear
    • come out
    • develop
    preposition
    • rash on
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  2. [singular] rash (of something) a lot of something; a series of unpleasant things that happen over a short period of time synonym spate
    • a rash of movies about life in prison
    • Rising prices are the result of the recent rash of strikes in the steel industry.
    • There has been a rash of burglaries in the area over the last month.
  3. Word Originnoun early 18th cent.: probably related to Old French rasche ‘eruptive sores’; compare with Italian raschia ‘itch’.
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