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flashed
We have found lemma(root) word of flashed : flash.
Definitions
[flaʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way
(e.g: lightning flashed overhead)
- move or pass very quickly
(e.g: a look of terror flashed across Kirov's face)
- display (information or an image) suddenly on a television or computer screen or electronic sign, typically briefly or repeatedly
(e.g: the screen flashed up a menu)
Phrases:
- flash in the pan
- in a flash
- quick as a flash
Origin
:
Middle English (in the sense ‘splash water about’): probably imitative; compare with flush and splash
[flaʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a sudden brief burst of bright light
(e.g: a flash of lightning)
- a sudden or brief manifestation or occurrence of something
(e.g: she had a flash of inspiration)
- a camera attachment that produces a brief very bright light, used for taking photographs in poor light
(e.g: an electronic flash)
- a platform for producing and displaying animation and video in web browsers
- ostentatious stylishness or display of wealth
(e.g: workwear represents a move away from Eighties designer flash)
- excess plastic or metal forced between facing surfaces as two halves of a mould close up, forming a thin projection on the finished object
(e.g: flap wheels are ideal for grinding off fibreglass flash)
- a rush of water, especially down a weir to take a boat over shallows
Phrases:
- flash in the pan
- in a flash
- quick as a flash
Origin
:
Middle English (in the sense ‘splash water about’): probably imitative; compare with flush and splash
[flaʃ], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- ostentatiously stylish or expensive
(e.g: a flash new car)
- relating to the language used by criminals or prostitutes
Phrases:
- flash in the pan
- in a flash
- quick as a flash
Origin
:
Middle English (in the sense ‘splash water about’): probably imitative; compare with flush and splash
[flaʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a water-filled hollow formed by subsidence, especially any of those due to rock salt extraction in or near Cheshire in central England
(e.g: sandpits and flashes also attract visiting birds)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English (in the sense ‘a marshy place’): from Old French flache, variant of Picard and Norman dialect flaque, from Middle Dutch vlacke. The current sense dates from the late 19th century
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