dash in WordNet English dictionary

1. the act of moving with great haste
   "he made a dash for the door"
   dash  bolt 
   
2. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
   dash  dah 
   
3. a quick run
   dash  sprint 
   
4. distinctive and stylish elegance
   "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
   dash  elan  flair  panache  style 
   
5. a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
   hyphen  dash 
   
6. a footrace run at top speed
   "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
   dash 
   

1. hurl or thrust violently
   "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
   crash  dash 
   
2. run or move very quickly or hastily
   "She dashed into the yard"
   dart  dash  scoot  scud  flash  shoot 
   
3. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
   "Smash a plate"
   smash  dash 
   
4. add an enlivening or altering element to
   "blue paint dashed with white"
   dash 
   
5. cause to lose courage
   "dashed by the refusal"
   daunt  dash  scare off  pall  frighten off  scare away  frighten away  scare 
   
6. destroy or break
   "dashed ambitions and hopes"
   dash