[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rash/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / rash # rash noun (a rash, rashes); adjective (rash, rasher, rashest — doing something too quickly without thinking) «rash» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. An area of red spots, bumps or blotches on the skin, often itchy, caused by an illness, an allergy or something that irritates the skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#m1) 2. As an adjective, rash means acting too quickly without thinking about what might happen: a rash decision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#m2) 3. A rash of something is many of them in a short time: a rash of break-ins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#m3) 4. Rash can also mean a rush, a tall grass or reed that grows in wet places. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#m4) ### In the lessons In health, rashes can come from heat, nettles, insect bites, allergies or illnesses like chickenpox or measles. Most are harmless, but tell an adult about any rash, especially with a fever; doctors use the "glass test" for a dangerous rash that does not fade when a glass is pressed on it — that needs urgent help. In stories and safety lessons, a rash choice is a hasty one, like jumping into deep water without checking. Phrases: "come out in a rash", "heat rash", "nappy rash", "a rash decision", "don't be rash". ### Examples - I came out in an itchy rash after touching the nettles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#x1) - Chickenpox gives you a spotty rash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#x2) - The cream helped the rash go away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#x3) - Tell an adult if you get a rash and a fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#x4) - Some people get a rash from certain foods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#x5) - It was rash to cross the road without looking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#x6) - Don't make a rash decision; think first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#x7) - There was a rash of colds in our class this week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#x8) - Deirdre grew like the white sapling, straight and trim as the rash on the moss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/#x9) ### Note Countable as a skin problem: a rash, rashes. The adjective "rash" means hasty, not careful. "Rash" (skin) and "rash" (hasty) are the same spelling but different meanings. A rasher (British) is a slice of bacon, a different word. ## In Jewish tradition In Isaiah, the rash heart will learn to understand, a promise of a better time. In Ecclesiastes, people are told not to be rash with the mouth before God and to keep their words few. **Interpretation.** The Ecclesiastes verse is read as a lesson in careful prayer: stand before God with few and thoughtful words. In Sefer Yetzirah the word is only part of a spelling of the book's name in Hebrew letters. ### Examples - The words'' Sepher Yetzirah " are written in Hebrew from right to left, SPR YTzYRH, Samech Peh Rash, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rash/#x1) - The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. (Prophets ISA.32.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rash/#x2) - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few. (Writings ECC.5.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rash/#x3) ### Note Countable as a skin problem: a rash, rashes. The adjective "rash" means hasty, not careful. "Rash" (skin) and "rash" (hasty) are the same spelling but different meanings. A rasher (British) is a slice of bacon, a different word. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «rash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rash/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rash.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «rash» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rash/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rash» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rash.html) on Mova free.