Gash (Verb)
Meaning
Cut open; "she slashed her wrists".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The sharp knife was used to gash the thick rope that bound him.
- Careless handling caused a branch to gash the cyclist's leg as she passed by.
- She fell on the broken glass and it threatened to gash her face.
- A nasty fall on the jagged rock managed to gash the hiker's hand badly.
- The accident would have been fatal if the crash hadn't been slowed, but it still managed to gash the driver's side door deeply.