RASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rash mean? 

• RASH (noun)
  The noun RASH has 2 senses:

1. any red eruption of the skin

2. a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences

  Familiarity information: RASH used as a noun is rare.

• RASH (adjective)
  The adjective RASH has 2 senses:

1. imprudently incurring risk

2. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

  Familiarity information: RASH used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any red eruption of the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

efflorescence; rash; roseola; skin rash

Hypernyms ("rash" is a kind of...):

eruption (symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rash"):

heat rash; miliaria; prickly heat (obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity)

hives; nettle rash; urticaria; urtication (an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

blizzard; rash

Context example:

a blizzard of lawsuits

Hypernyms ("rash" is a kind of...):

series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)

• RASH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Imprudently incurring risk

Context example:

do something rash that he will forever repent

Similar:

imprudent (not prudent or wise)

Derivation:

rashness (the trait of acting rashly and without prudence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

Synonyms:

foolhardy; heady; rash; reckless

Context example:

a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest

Similar:

bold (fearless and daring)

Derivation:

rashness (the trait of giving little thought to danger)

 Context examples 

Symptoms include a high fever, headaches, joint and muscle pain, vomiting, and a rash.

(Dengue, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Take it like a man, and don't do anything rash, for God's sake.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They have also identified anti-inflammatory treatments that ease some of the patients’ symptoms: fever, skin rashes, diarrhea, joint pain and overall failure to grow or thrive.

(Researchers discover otulipenia, a new inflammatory disease, NIH)

EXAMPLE(S): Arm for skin rash.

(Defined Observation Result Target Anatomic Site Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of skin rash and skin pain in cancer patients.

(Collagen/Aloe Vera/Vitamin E/Lidocaine Topical Hydrogel, NCI Dictionary)

It often involves rashes and fever but it can be much more serious.

(Samoan government temporarily shuts down for nationwide measles vaccination drive, Wikinews)

She had blistering rashes on her fingers, toes, ears, nose, and cheeks, and she’d lost parts of her fingers to the disease.

(Gene linked to rare inflammatory disease in children, NIH)

"But wasn't it rash of you to come here?"

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The patches may look like a thin, red rash and may be itchy.

(Mycosis fungoides patch, NCI Dictionary)

Other symptoms may include a skin rash, fever, weight loss, or night sweats.

(angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)