From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
gash
n 1: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
[syn: cut, slash, slice]
2: a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or
excavation [syn: cut]
3: a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument [syn:
slash]
v : cut open; "she slashed her wrists" [syn: slash]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gash \Gash\ (g[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gashed (g[a^]sht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Gashing.] [For older garth or garse, OF.
garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed
LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate
into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. Carpet.]
To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly
to incisions in flesh.
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Grievously gashed or gored to death. --Hayward.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gash \Gash\, n.
A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and
depth, particularly in flesh.
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