gash Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a wound made by cutting
    cut; slice; slash.
    • he put a bandage over the cut
  2. noun a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
    cut.
  3. noun a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
    slash.
  4. verb cut open
    slash.
    • she slashed her wrists

WordNet

Gash transitive verb
Etymology
For older garth or garse, OF. garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. Carpet.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Gashed ; present participle & verbal noun Gashing
Definitions
  1. To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh.
    Grievously gashed or gored to death. Hayward.
Gash noun
Definitions
  1. A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.

Webster 1913