gash
verb/ɡæʃ/
/ɡæʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gash | /ɡæʃ/ /ɡæʃ/ |
| he / she / it gashes | /ˈɡæʃɪz/ /ˈɡæʃɪz/ |
| past simple gashed | /ɡæʃt/ /ɡæʃt/ |
| past participle gashed | /ɡæʃt/ /ɡæʃt/ |
| -ing form gashing | /ˈɡæʃɪŋ/ /ˈɡæʃɪŋ/ |
- gash something/somebody to make a long deep cut in something, especially a person’s skin
- He gashed his hand on a sharp piece of rock.
- She was gashed in the face with a broken bottle.
- He had gashed his hand quite badly on some broken glass.
- He came back from the rugby match having gashed his head.
Word OriginMiddle 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 cent.Definitions on the go
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