transcription, транскрипция: [ slæʃ ]
( slashes, slashing, slashed)
1.
If you slash something, you make a long, deep cut in it.
He came within two minutes of bleeding to death after slashing his wrists.
VERB : V n
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Slash is also a noun.
Make deep slashes in the meat and push in the spice paste.
N-COUNT
2.
If you slash at a person or thing, you quickly hit at them with something such as a knife.
He slashed at her, aiming carefully.
VERB : V at n
3.
To slash something such as costs or jobs means to reduce them by a large amount. ( JOURNALISM )
Car makers could be forced to slash prices after being accused of overcharging yesterday...
= cut
VERB : V n
4.
You say slash to refer to a sloping line that separates letters, words, or numbers. For example, if you are giving the number 340/2/K you say ‘Three four zero, slash two, slash K.’ ( SPOKEN )