CLASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clash mean? 

• CLASH (noun)
  The noun CLASH has 4 senses:

1. a loud resonant repeating noise

2. a state of conflict between persons

3. a state of conflict between colors

4. a minor short-term fight

  Familiarity information: CLASH used as a noun is uncommon.

• CLASH (verb)
  The verb CLASH has 3 senses:

1. crash together with violent impact

2. be incompatible; be or come into conflict

3. disagree violently

  Familiarity information: CLASH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud resonant repeating noise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

clang; clangor; clangoring; clangour; clank; clash; crash

Context example:

he could hear the clang of distant bells

Hypernyms ("clash" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state of conflict between persons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

clash; friction

Hypernyms ("clash" is a kind of...):

conflict (a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests)

Derivation:

clash (disagree violently)

clash (be incompatible; be or come into conflict)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A state of conflict between colors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

her dress was a disturbing clash of colors

Hypernyms ("clash" is a kind of...):

conflict (a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A minor short-term fight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

brush; clash; encounter; skirmish

Hypernyms ("clash" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clash"):

contretemps (an awkward clash)

• CLASH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they clash    ... he / she / it clashes   
Past simple: clashed   
Past participle: clashed   
-ing form: clashing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crash together with violent impact

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

clash; collide

Context example:

Two meteors clashed

Hypernyms (to "clash" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clash"):

smash (collide or strike violently and suddenly)

shock (collide violently)

crash; ram (undergo damage or destruction on impact)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be incompatible; be or come into conflict

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

clash; collide; jar

Context example:

These colors clash

Hypernyms (to "clash" is one way to...):

conflict (be in conflict)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

clash (a state of conflict between persons)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Disagree violently

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

We clashed over the new farm policies

Hypernyms (to "clash" is one way to...):

differ; disagree; dissent; take issue (be of different opinions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something

Derivation:

clash (a state of conflict between persons)

 Context examples 

If you clash with your partner, you need to deliberately hold yourself back a bit and not tear into this person, for it will not help your case.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Gravity began to pull them together with ever-increasing speed, until 500 years ago two of them finally clashed.

(ALMA Captures Dramatic Stellar Fireworks, ESO)

Our confidences in you need not clash.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

They were men with opinions, though the opinions often clashed, and, though they were witty and clever, they were not superficial.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Fang clashed fang, and lips were cut and bleeding, but Buck could not penetrate his enemy’s guard.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Gravity began to pull them together with ever-increasing speed, until 500 years ago two of them finally clashed.

(Dramatic Stellar Fireworks of Star Birth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

There will be no winner in this cosmic clash, but at least the Milky Way will be on an equal footing with its cosmic rival.

(No Winner in Milky Way-Andromeda Clash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A clash, the clatter of the steel-cap upon the ground, and, ere the man who struck could heave up for another blow, the archer had passed his sword through his body.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was a sudden rush and a scuffle, followed by the clash of iron and a cry of pain.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Amy heard the clash of skates, and looked out with an impatient exclamation.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)