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▸ adjective: (Northern England, archaic) Of corn or other grains: so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling.
▸ adjective: (obsolete, rare)
▸ adjective: Requiring swift action; pressing; urgent.
▸ adjective: Taking effect quickly and strongly; fast-acting.
▸ adverb: (archaic) Synonym of rashly (“in a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration”)
▸ noun: (dermatology, medicine) An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus; also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare or obsolete), an illness characterized by a type of rash.
▸ noun: (figuratively)
▸ noun: An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).
▸ noun: An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A soft crackling or rustling sound.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction.
▸ verb: To break (something) forcefully; to smash.
▸ verb: To emit or issue (something) hastily.
▸ verb: (rare) Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush.
▸ verb: Of rain: to fall heavily.
▸ verb: Chiefly followed by against, at, or upon: to collide or hit.
▸ verb: Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.
▸ verb: To hack, slash, or slice (something).
▸ verb: (rare) Chiefly followed by out: to scrape or scratch (something); to obliterate.
▸ noun: A surname.
Similar:
foolhardy,
reckless,
imprudent,
eruption,
bold,
efflorescence,
skin eruption,
skin rash,
brash,
hasty,
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Opposite:
Types:
hives,
eczema,
psoriasis,
contact dermatitis,
heat rash,
poison ivy,
rosacea,
shingles,
ringworm,
more...
Phrases:
Adjectives:
maculopapular,
erythematous,
red,
characteristic,
macular,
petechial,
generalized,
itchy,
papular,
typical,
purpuric
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