splash

«splash» in Mova's school dictionary: to hit water or another liquid so that drops fly about — 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

verb (splash, splashes, splashed, splashing); noun (a splash, splashes)

meaning for a pupil

1) To splash is to hit water or another liquid so that drops fly about. tree →

2) To splash someone or something is to make them wet with drops of liquid. tree →

3) A splash is the sound or movement of liquid hitting something, or a small spot of liquid. tree →

4) A splash of colour is a small bright patch of it. tree →

5) To make a splash is to get a lot of attention. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life children splash in puddles, pools and the sea; in safety lessons, splashing in a pool is fine but pushing people in is not, and chemicals or hot liquids must not splash on skin or eyes. In stories it is an onomatopoeia — the word sounds like the noise. Phrases: «splash about», «make a splash», «splash of colour», «splash pool», «with a splash».

examples

• The children splashed in the puddles. tree →
• A car splashed water all over my coat. tree →
• The frog jumped into the pond with a big splash. tree →
• Wear goggles so chemicals don't splash in your eyes. tree →
• She added a splash of milk to her tea. tree →
• The red flowers were a splash of colour in the grey yard. tree →
• The new film made a splash. tree →
• We splashed about in the paddling pool. tree →
• There was a splash, and then silence. tree →

note

Plural splashes; third person splashes. «Splash» is an onomatopoeic word (it sounds like what it means), useful in poems. «Splash» is short contact; «soak» means getting wet all through.

In the corpora

• They watch him splash past, rolling badly but rowing his hardest.
• Of course Toad falls into the water with a splash and a squeal.
• Add a splash of vinegar and it turns pink; add a pinch of baking soda and it turns blue-green.
• A burning pan must never be carried, because moving it can splash burning oil and spread the fire.
• Drowning can happen quickly and quietly, often without any shouting or splashing.

Trees and pragmatics

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