SLASHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slashed mean? 

• SLASHED (adjective)
  The adjective SLASHED has 3 senses:

1. patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes

2. having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric

3. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

  Familiarity information: SLASHED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLASHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes

Context example:

brown iris...slashed with yellow

Similar:

patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric

Context example:

slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining

Similar:

cut (fashioned or shaped by cutting)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

Synonyms:

cut; slashed

Context example:

the slashed prices attracted buyers

Similar:

decreased; reduced (made less in size or amount or degree)

 Context examples 

This is the largest annual deforestation figure since 2008, equivalent to 128 football fields of forest being slashed every hour according to IPAM.

(Amazon lost 7,989 km² of forest in 12 months, Agência Brasil)

Both sides of his neck and head were ripped and slashed.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Three others tried it in sharp succession; and one after the other they drew back, streaming blood from slashed throats or shoulders.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

As she came out into the sunshine, Alleyne noticed that her light gown, slashed with pink, was all stained with earth and with moss upon one side from shoulder to hem.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These boots, an old foil, and a slashed doublet once used by an artist for some picture, were Jo's chief treasures and appeared on all occasions.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The shears were gone altogether. The guys had been slashed right and left. The throat-halyards which I had rigged were cut across through every part. And he knew I could not splice.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Heavy bands of astrakhan were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat, while the deep blue cloak which was thrown over his shoulders was lined with flame-coloured silk and secured at the neck with a brooch which consisted of a single flaming beryl.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Twenty-four hours had passed since he had slashed open the hand that was now bandaged and held up by a sling to keep the blood out of it.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Time and time again he tried for the snow-white throat, where life bubbled near to the surface, and each time and every time Spitz slashed him and got away.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

A jacket with hanging sleeves, slashed with velvet at the neck and wrists, showed that he was a man of some consideration, an under-officer, or file-leader of his company.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)