dash

«dash» in Mova's school dictionary: to run or go very quickly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (dash, dashes); verb (dash, dashes, dashed, dashing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To dash means to run or go very quickly. A dash is a short, fast run. tree →

2) A dash is a short race, like the 100-metre dash. tree →

3) A dash is a short line in writing (–) used to show a pause or a break. tree →

4) A dash of something is a very small amount, like a dash of salt. tree →

5) To dash hopes is to end them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a short race with a distance or a time (the 50-meter dash); a quick move in a story; a dash between numbers is not a minus sign. In English: a dash in a sentence marks an extra thought. In cooking: a dash of milk. In Morse code: dots and dashes. Phrases: make a dash for, dash off, a dash of, 100-metre dash, dot and dash.

examples

• Tom ran the 100-meter dash in 15 seconds. tree →
• She dashed to the shop and back. tree →
• Write a dash between the numbers. tree →
• Each dash in the pattern is 2 cm long. tree →
• We made a dash for the bus when it started to rain. tree →
• Add a dash of salt to the soup. tree →
• In Morse code, the letter A is a dot and a dash. tree →
• The rain dashed our hopes of a picnic. tree →
• On she dashed in pursuit, chased and chased. tree →

note

Verb: dashed, dashing. «Dashing» can also mean smart and brave-looking. A race name gives the distance; otherwise a story word with no operation clue. Trap: a dash between numbers is not a minus sign. A dash (–) is longer than a hyphen (-).

In the corpora

• Burning with curiosity, Alice dashes after him and jumps down a rabbit-hole without once thinking how she will get out again.
• A rabbit «almost brushed him as it dashed past, his face set and hard, his eyes staring.
• Brackets, a pair of dashes, or a pair of commas can all mark parenthesis.
• Dashes give a stronger break than brackets or commas, and can make writing more dramatic; used too often they lose their effect.
• A dash is longer than a hyphen and usually has a space on each side; a hyphen is short and has no spaces.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dash» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.