plash
v.
splash in water; spray with water; play in water
n.
pool, puddle of liquid; splash or spray of water
Plash
(v.)
A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
(v.)
A dash of water; a splash.
(v. t.)
To splash, as water.
(v. t.)
To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.
(v. t.)
To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge.
(v. i.)
To dabble in water; to splash.
(n.)
The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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plash
Noun
1. the sound like water splashing
(synonym) splash
(hypernym) noise
(hyponym) splat
(derivation) spatter, splatter, splash, splosh, swash
Verb
1. interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge"
(synonym) pleach
(hypernym) intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
2. dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
(synonym) spatter, splatter, splash, splosh, swash
(hypernym) scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse
(hyponym) puddle
(derivation) splash