Slash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slashed p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing.]
1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.]
3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.]
Slashed a.
1. Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture.
A gray jerkin, with scarlet and slashed sleeves. --Sir W. Scott.
2. Bot. Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.
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slashed
adj 1: patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes;
"brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather
2: having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying
fabric; "a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the
scarlet lining"
3: wounded by cutting deeply; "got a gashed arm in a knife
fight"; "had a slashed cheek from the broken glass" [syn:
cut, gashed]
4: (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the
slashed prices attracted buyers" [syn: cut]