Word a Day
flash
What does flash mean?
flash (verb): to blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use flash in a sentence?
- The light flashed on and off. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce flash?
/flæʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does flash come from?
In some senses, from Middle English flasshen, a variant of flasken, flaskien (“to sprinkle, splash”), which was likely of imitative origin.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to flash
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “flash” mean?
to determine the number of (objects in a group)
Not quite: that's what count means.
to disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect
Not quite: that's what separate means.
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
Not quite: that's what prevent means.
to blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently
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