gashing

Meaning of gashing

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. 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):

lacerate

Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:

slash

Meaning make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade:

gouge

Meaning make a puncture in (something):

puncture

Meaning cut (skin or flesh) with a surgical instrument:

incise

Meaning cut or scratch a notch or line on (a surface):

score

Meaning make a long, narrow cut in:

slit

Meaning break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain:

split

Meaning tear (something) into pieces:

rend

Meaning make a nick or nicks in:

nick

Meaning cut a small notch or incision in (something):

snick

Meaning make notches in:

notch

Meaning split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain:

cleave

Meaning score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object:

scratch

Meaning drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across (a surface or object) so as to remove dirt or other matter:

scrape

Meaning (of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field:

graze

Meaning scrape or wear away by friction or erosion:

abrade

Meaning inflict a wound on:

wound

Meaning do physical harm or damage to (someone):

injure

Meaning cause pain or injury to:

hurt

Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:

damage

Meaning wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged:

maim

Anagrams of gashing

naggish

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