Meaning of dashed in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To run quickly or for a short distance.

  Example: He dashed across the field.

• To leave or depart.

  Example: I have to dash now. See you soon.

• To destroy by striking (against).

  Example: He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.

• To throw violently.

  Example: The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.

• (sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.

• To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.

  Example: to dash wine with water

• (of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.

  Example: Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.

• To dishearten; to sadden.

• To complete hastily, usually with down or off.

  Example: He dashed down his eggs, she dashed off her homework

• To draw quickly; jot.

adjective

• (of a line) Made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

• Damned.

  Example: It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford.