rash /ɹæʃ/noun 5verb 10adjective 4adverb 1forms 5phrases 2 noun5 •a spread of small red marks that come out on the skin, often a sign of illnessHe came out in a rash because of an allergy.She applied rash cream on herself to reduce the irritation. •(figurative) An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash. •(figurative) An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.There has been a rash of vandalism lately. •(historical) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.Sleevelesse his jerkin vvas, and it had beene / Velvet, but 'tvvas novv (so much ground vvas seene) / Become Tufftaffatie; and our children shall / See it plaine Rashe avvhile, or nought at all. — 1597 •(no longer used) A soft crackling or rustling sound. verb10 •(Scotland, no longer used) To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush. •(Scotland, no longer used) To fall heavily; to dash down.[…] the rain rashed down - the road was battered, As with the force of billows shattered; […] — 1849 •(Scotland, no longer used) Chiefly followed by against, at, or upon: To collide or hit. •(no longer used) Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.There Marinell great deeds of armes did shevv; / And through the thickest like a Lyon flevv, / Rashing off helmes, and ryuing plates a sonder, / That euery one his daunger did eschevv. — 1596 •(Scotland, no longer used) To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction. •(Scotland, no longer used) To break (something) forcefully; to smash. •(no longer used, rare) Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.Retur[n]e to the places of Peter, the one in his first epistle, the other in the latter: and so be you contented with this present ansvver rashed up in haste. — 1610 •(Scotland, no longer used) To emit or issue (something) hastily. •(no longer used) To hack, slash, or slice (something).And dravving both their svvords vvith rage extreme, / Like tvvo mad mastiffes each on other flevv, / And shields did share, & mailes did rash, and helmes did hevv. — 1596 •(no longer used, rare) Chiefly followed by out: to scrape or scratch (something); to obliterate. adjective4 •Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.rash words spoken in the heat of debate •(no longer used, rare) Taking effect quickly and strongly; fast-acting.[T]he vnited vessel of their bloud, / […] / Shall neuer leake, though it doe vvorke as strong, / As Aconitum, or rash gunpovvder. — 1596 •(no longer used, rare) Requiring swift action; pressing; urgent.My Lord, I scarce haue leisure to salute you, / My matter is so rash: […] — 1602 •(Northern-England, no longer used) Of corn or other grains: so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling. adverb1 •(no longer used) Synonym of rashly (“in a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration”).Soft Gooddie Sheepe (then said the Foxe) not soe: / Vnto the King so rash ye may not goe, / He is vvith greater matter busied, / Than a Lambe, or the Lambes ovvne mothers hed. — 1591 formsrashed · rashing · rashes · rasher · rashest Phrases with rash bring out in a rashTo rile someone up. rash upTo develop a rash.
