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🎨 Marked with lines 💸 Greatly reduced 👗 With cut openings
slashed

slashed

2 4.9
Marked by long strokes of color across the surface
  • adjective
  • /slæʃt/
: rayado
  • The artist's canvas was slashed with bold streaks of crimson and gold.

Examples

  • The fabric was deep blue, slashed with bright green lines, giving it a dramatic look.

  • She wore a robe slashed with silver, shimmering in the dim light.

  • The artist painted a slashed design across the canvas.

  • Her dress had a beautiful slashed pattern.

  • She wore a robe slashed with silver, shimmering in the dim light.

  • The fabric was deep blue, slashed with bright green lines, giving it a dramatic look.

  • The artist's canvas was slashed with bold streaks of crimson and gold.

Synonyms

striped
vsslashed
60 1.0

With long lines of a different color, like on a shirt or animal

is made by sweeping diagonal strokes rather than parallel repeating bands
lined
vsslashed
5 2.3

Paper with printed lines to help you write

is formed by sweeping diagonal strokes rather than regular straight lines

Surface Forms

slashed positive

Morphology

slashed = slash (transparent) = slash + ed

Describes marks or strokes made like slashes; learners who know 'slash' will understand it as 'marked by sweeping/diagonal strokes'.

Etymology

The word slashed comes from the simple verb slash, which means 'to cut' or 'to make a strong stroke'. When a fabric or picture is slashed with color, it has bold, sweeping lines, so the origin explains the idea of strong, cutting marks.