Word Definition

Rash

  1. A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.
  2. To pull off or pluck violently.
  3. Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
  4. An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
  5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
  6. Sudden in action; quick; hasty.
  7. To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
  8. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
  9. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
  10. To prepare with haste.

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