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Meanings of plash in English

Portuguese
borrifar
Catalan
esquitxar
Spanish
salpicar

Dash a liquid upon or against.

        borrifar
        Portuguese
        respingo

        The sound like water splashing.

              respingo

              Interlace the shoots of.

                    Usage of plash in English
                    1
                    The plash of a light oar was heard;- aboattouched the vessel.
                    Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
                    2
                    The constant plash of falling fruit showed that birds were feeding overhead.
                    Martin Rattler
                    3
                    That putty-white countenance had a crimson plash on it ere it vanished.
                    The Red Axe
                    4
                    The plash and murmur of the waves around the island were soothingly audible.
                    Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
                    5
                    The gentle plash of the waterfall at his right hand accentuated the stillness.
                    The Sword Maker
                    6
                    The chant died away, the plash of the oars was hushed.
                    Bella Donna: A Novel
                    7
                    Another moment, and a heavy plash was heard in the waters.
                    The Pilgrims of New England / A Tale of the Early American Settl...
                    8
                    To the veteran sailor the plash of the waves was like a greeting.
                    Ben-Hur
                    9
                    The sound-itwas the plash of oar-grewupon the darkness.
                    Major Vigoureux
                    10
                    One day, from far behind, came the plash of an oar in the channel.
                    Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories
                    11
                    The old pump made its familiar music to the cool plash of blessed water.
                    The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
                    12
                    Over places which were dry in the early morning, waves plash as evening approaches.
                    The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
                    13
                    Helen heard the plash of his oars until he landed.
                    A Dozen Ways Of Love
                    14
                    There was no sound whatever in the dark, except the plash of the tiny water-fall.
                    Sunrise
                    15
                    She listened a moment, but the oars in the boat ahead continued their regular plash.
                    Major Vigoureux
                    16
                    Only the plash of water and the voice of the storm came to our ears.
                    Blindfolded
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