dash – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dash
Participle: dashed
Gerund: dashing

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of dash

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	dash
we	Let's dash
you	dash

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to put to death; to extinguish life.

annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, torpedo, waste, wipe out, wreck

to depart; to separate from

beat it, book, bounce, bug off, bugger off, buzz off, cut one's stick, depart, duck out, exit, get away, get out, go, go away, go out, leave, make tracks, move on, namous, part, piss off, pull up stakes, quit, remove, run along, set forth, set off, set out, sling one's hook, split, start, start out, take leave, take off, take one's leave, take wing

to administer a physical blow

bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk

hit

break, splash, bludgeon, splatter, shatter, strike, thrust

mix

adulterate, deteriorate, mingle

Antonyms

mix

divide, disperse, disjoin, disconnect

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1297, probably from a Scandinavian source, somehow imitative. The oldest sense is that in dash to pieces and dashed hopes. Intrans. meaning "move quickly" appeared c.1300, that of "to write hurriedly" is 1726. Sporting sense of "race run in one heat" is from 1881. Dashboard of an automobile is first recorded 1904, from earlier meaning "board in front of a carriage to stop mud from being splashed ("dashed") into the vehicle by the horse's hoofs" (1846).
2. From Middle English daschen, dassen, from Danish daske (“to slap, strike”), related to Swedish daska (“to smack, slap, spank”), of obscure origin. Compare German tatschen (“to grope, paw”), Old English dwǣsċan (“to quell, put out, destroy, extinguish”). See also dush. See: Middle English 'daschen', Danish 'daske', Swedish 'daska'.

Verbs referencing "dash"

Danish daske.

Sample Sentences