gash

/gæʃ/

/gæʃ/

Other forms: gashed; gashes; gashing

A gash is a deep cut, like a gash on your knee from a biking accident, or a gash in the earth caused by workers who are digging up a broken sewer.

The noun gash describes a wound or cut, so it makes sense that as a verb, gash describes the act of making that wound or cut, as in, people signing up for a knife skills class taught by a chef because they are tired of gashing their fingers when chopping vegetables.

Definitions of gash

1. verb

   cut open
   synonyms: slash

   type of:

   cut

   separate with or as if with an instrument
2. noun

   a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
   synonyms: slash

   type of:

   cut, cutting

   the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
3. noun

   a wound made by cutting
   synonyms: cut, slash, slice

   type of:

   lesion, wound

   an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
4. noun

   a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
   synonyms: cut

   type of:

   furrow

   a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)