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# dash

«dash» in Mova's school dictionary: **to run or go very quickly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dash, dashes); verb (dash, dashes, dashed, dashing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To dash means to run or go very quickly. A dash is a short, fast run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#m1)

2) A dash is a short race, like the 100-metre dash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#m2)

3) A dash is a short line in writing (–) used to show a pause or a break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#m3)

4) A dash of something is a very small amount, like a dash of salt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#m4)

5) To dash hopes is to end them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a short race with a distance or a time (the 50-meter dash); a quick move in a story; a dash between numbers is not a minus sign. In English: a dash in a sentence marks an extra thought. In cooking: a dash of milk. In Morse code: dots and dashes. Phrases: make a dash for, dash off, a dash of, 100-metre dash, dot and dash.

### examples

- Tom ran the 100-meter dash in 15 seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#x1)
- She dashed to the shop and back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#x2)
- Write a dash between the numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#x3)
- Each dash in the pattern is 2 cm long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#x4)
- We made a dash for the bus when it started to rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#x5)
- Add a dash of salt to the soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#x6)
- In Morse code, the letter A is a dot and a dash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#x7)
- The rain dashed our hopes of a picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#x8)
- On she dashed in pursuit, chased and chased. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/#x9)

### note

Verb: dashed, dashing. «Dashing» can also mean smart and brave-looking. A race name gives the distance; otherwise a story word with no operation clue. Trap: a dash between numbers is not a minus sign. A dash (–) is longer than a hyphen (-).

### In the corpora

- [Burning with curiosity, Alice dashes after him and jumps down a rabbit-hole without once thinking how she will get out again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole/2/)
- [A rabbit «almost brushed him as it dashed past, his face set and hard, his eyes staring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood/20/)
- [Brackets, a pair of dashes, or a pair of commas can all mark parenthesis.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens/6/)
- [Dashes give a stronger break than brackets or commas, and can make writing more dramatic; used too often they lose their effect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens/7/)
- [A dash is longer than a hyphen and usually has a space on each side; a hyphen is short and has no spaces.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/36-brackets-dashes-colons-semicolons-and-hyphens/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dash» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dash/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.