rash |
1. adj. Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty. | |
rash words spoken in the heat of debate | |
2. adj. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. | |
3. adj. (obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Fast-acting. | |
5. n. (symptom) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin. | |
6. n. A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend | |
There has been a rash of vandalism lately. | |
7. v. (obsolete) To prepare with haste. | |
8. n. An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted. | |
9. v. (obsolete) To pull off or pluck violently. | |
10. v. (obsolete) To slash; to hack; to slice. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
impetuous |
1. adj. Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner. | |
2. adj. Characterized by sudden violence or vehemence. | |