Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to plash
Participle: plashed
Gerund: plashing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | plash |
| you | plash |
| he;she;it | plashes |
| we | plash |
| you | plash |
| they | plash |
Perfect
| I | have plashed |
| you | have plashed |
| he;she;it | has plashed |
| we | have plashed |
| you | have plashed |
| they | have plashed |
Past
| I | plashed |
| you | plashed |
| he;she;it | plashed |
| we | plashed |
| you | plashed |
| they | plashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had plashed |
| you | had plashed |
| he;she;it | had plashed |
| we | had plashed |
| you | had plashed |
| they | had plashed |
Future
| I | will plash |
| you | will plash |
| he;she;it | will plash |
| we | will plash |
| you | will plash |
| they | will plash |
Future Perfect
| I | will have plashed |
| you | will have plashed |
| he;she;it | will have plashed |
| we | will have plashed |
| you | will have plashed |
| they | will have plashed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | plash |
| you | plash |
| he;she;it | plash |
| we | plash |
| you | plash |
| they | plash |
Perfect
| I | have plashed |
| you | have plashed |
| he;she;it | have plashed |
| we | have plashed |
| you | have plashed |
| they | have plashed |
Imperfect
| I | plashed |
| you | plashed |
| he;she;it | plashed |
| we | plashed |
| you | plashed |
| they | plashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had plashed |
| you | had plashed |
| he;she;it | had plashed |
| we | had plashed |
| you | had plashed |
| they | had plashed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would plash |
| you | would plash |
| he;she;it | would plash |
| we | would plash |
| you | would plash |
| they | would plash |
Perfect
| I | would have plashed |
| you | would have plashed |
| he;she;it | would have plashed |
| we | would have plashed |
| you | would have plashed |
| they | would have plashed |
Imperative
| you | plash |
| we | Let's plash |
| you | plash |
Verbs conjugated like 'plash'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'plash'
clash,
flash,
lash,
pash,
slash,
splash,
abash,
ash,
bash,
blah,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Probably onomatopoeic, referring to the sound of splashing. The noun is attested earlier than the verb. It is not clear whether this word is related to plash (“small pool of standing water”) (see etymology 1). The interjection is derived from the noun.
2. As regards the noun, compare German Platsch (noun), platsch (interjection). As regards the verb, compare Early Dutch plasschen, plassen (“to splash in water”); Middle Low German plasken, plassen (“to splash”); Swedish plaska (“to splash”). See: Dutch '
plasschen', Swedish '
plaska'.
Verbs referencing "plash"
German, old spelling
platzen, Dutch
plassen, Swedish
plaska.
Sample Sentences
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[...] water, caught new life and animation from its free companionship; and, sympathising with its buoyant spirits, glistened as it seemed in sport upon its surface, and hemmed the vessel round, and plashed the water high about her sides, and, floating her gallantly into the dock, flew off again to welcome other comers, and speed before them to the busy port.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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We sat here, looking silently at the row of little tables, which extended down both sides of the cabin, and listening to the rain as it dripped and pattered on the boat, and plashed with a dismal merriment in the water, until the arrival of the railway train, for whose final contribution to our stock of passengers, our departure was alone deferred. It brought a great many [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)