MEANING
To make a soft, rippling sound as water is disturbed.
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Words that belong together
- water plashes
- the plash of waves
On the page
Water plashed against the stones beneath the footbridge.
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Word forms
- Base
- plash
- Past tense
- plashed
- Past participle
- plashed
- Present participle
- plashing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- plash
- Present continuous
- am/is/are plashing
- Present perfect
- have/has plashed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been plashing
- Past
- plashed
- Past continuous
- was/were plashing
- Past perfect
- had plashed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been plashing
- Future
- will plash
- Future continuous
- will be plashing
- Future perfect
- will have plashed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been plashing
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: plash; plashes; plashed; plashed; plashing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: uncommon. Third-person singular: plashes.
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