plash
1[ plash ]
noun
a gentle splash.
a pool or puddle.
verb (used with or without object)
to splash gently.
Origin of plash
1First recorded before 1000; Middle English plasch “pool, puddle,” Old English plæsc; cognate with Dutch, Low German plas, probably of imitative origin
Other words from plash
- plash·ing·ly, adverb
Other definitions for plash (2 of 2)
plash2
[ plash ]
verb (used with object)
Origin of plash
21375–1425; late Middle English <Middle French plaissier, derivative of plais hedge <Vulgar Latin *plaxum< ?
Other words from plash
- plasher, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for plash (1 of 2)
plash1
/ (plæʃ) /
verb, noun
a less common word for splash
Origin of plash
1Old English plæsc, probably imitative; compare Dutch plas
British Dictionary definitions for plash (2 of 2)
plash2
/ (plæʃ) /
verb
another word for pleach
Origin of plash
2C15: from Old French plassier, from plais hedge, woven fence, from Latin plectere to plait; compare pleach
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