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dash
A	noun
	1	dash, sprint
			a quick run
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚locomotion; travel ╚run; running ╚dash, sprint ╚break
	2	dash, bolt
			the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚haste; hurry; rush; rushing ╚dash, bolt
	3	dash, elan, flair, panache, style
			distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚elegance ╚dash, elan, flair, panache, style
	4	dash, dah
			the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚telegraphic signal; radiotelegraphic signal ╚dash, dah
	5	hyphen, dash
			a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚symbol ╚written symbol; printed symbol ╚mark ╚punctuation; punctuation mark ╚hyphen, dash
	6	dash
			a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
		Category Tree: event ╚social event ╚contest; competition ╚race ╚footrace; foot race; run ╚track event ╚dash
B	verb
	1	dash
			add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"
		Category Tree: change ╚change magnitude ╚increase ╚add ╚mix; mix in ╚dash
	2	smash, dash
			break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
		Category Tree: separate; divide ╚break ╚smash, dash
	3	crash, dash
			hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚propel; impel ╚throw ╚hurl; hurtle; cast ╚crash, dash
	4	daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
			cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
		Category Tree: discourage ╚intimidate; restrain ╚daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
	5	dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
			run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚rush; hotfoot; hasten; hie; speed; race; pelt along; rush along; cannonball along; bucket along; belt along ╚dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot ╚plunge
	6	dash
			destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
		Category Tree: prevent; forestall; foreclose; preclude; forbid ╚thwart; queer; spoil; scotch; foil; cross; frustrate; baffle; bilk ╚dash

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