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]