Noun The dog had a bad gash in his leg. The iceberg made a gash in the hull of the ship. Verb The knife slipped and gashed his finger. her face had been gashed by the rocks as she tumbled down the embankment
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Noun
In the second video, the gash on his face is significantly less bloody. Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2022 Six-time Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller crashed hard during his run, suffering a gash on his right leg. The Editors, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2015 That March day, Eversole walked to a gas station at 4410 Snapfinger Woods Drive with a gunshot wound to the head and a gash on his forehead, Detective R.L. Byars said at Thursday’s hearing. Rosana Hughes, ajc, 28 Apr. 2022 The run-in between each man’s head left Birch short one tooth and opened a gash in Murray’s forehead. Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2022 The frenzy left a gash in the nation’s psyche that’s festered for generations.Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022 Officials believe the attack was by a tiger shark, which left behind a 4-inch gash on the surfer's leg. Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 14 July 2022 His injuries included a 2-inch gash on the top of his head. Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022 The woman, who works as a seamstress, was slashed in the right hand and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with a deep bloodied gash that required 19 stitches to close. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 4 Aug. 2022
Verb
On the next drive, the Colts took over at the Texans' 20 after a fumble recovery and let Taylor gash a tired Texans defense for an easy score. Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2022 Will opponents continue to gash New England’s run defense? Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Alabama kept going pass first as Burton and Prentice continue to gash the secondary. Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2022 When defenses gear up to stop the pass, that's when Taylor can gash them on the ground. Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2022 Ford has the lateral footwork and body strength to keep plays alive, flashing the open-field juice to gash defenses (averaged 6.1 yards per carry in his career). Scott Patsko, cleveland, 30 Apr. 2022 There is talent but teams seem to consistently gash the front. Charles Hollis, al, 15 Oct. 2021 Grantham said the bye week allowed the Gators’ to examine LSU’s ability to gash the middle to prevent Bulldogs from playing copycat. Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Oct. 2021 The Pac-12 South leaders aren’t known to allow offenses to gash their defense with the running game.oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
alteration of Middle English garsen, from Anglo-French garser to nip, scratch, from Vulgar Latin *charissare, from Greek charassein to scratch, engrave
ADJECTIVE | VERB + GASHADJECTIVE➤big, deep, great, long不小的傷口;深深的傷口;很大的傷口;長長的切口◇The bulldozers carved a great gash through the forest.推土機穿過森林,開闢出一條大口子。➤small小傷口▸➤bloody, nasty, terrible血淋淋的/嚴重的/糟糕的傷口◇He had a nasty gash on his shoulder.他肩膀上有一處嚴重的傷口。VERB + GASH➤get, have劃傷;割破▸➤cut, tear切傷;撕開口子◇The rocks tore a long gash in the ship's hull.岩石把船身劃出了一道長長的口子。➤leave留下傷口◇The accident left a deep gash in his leg.事故在他的腿上留下了一道深深的傷口。