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slashed

Definitions of slashed
  1. adjective
    patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes
    “"brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather”
    synonyms:
    patterned
    having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
  2. adjective
    having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric
    “a slashed doublet”
    slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining”
    synonyms:
    cut
    fashioned or shaped by cutting
  3. adjective
    (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
    “the slashed prices attracted buyers”
    synonyms: cut
    decreased, reduced
    made less in size or amount or degree
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