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# splash

verb (splash, splashes, splashed, splashing); noun (a splash, splashes)

«splash» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To splash is to hit water or another liquid so that drops fly about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#m1)
2. To splash someone or something is to make them wet with drops of liquid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#m2)
3. A splash is the sound or movement of liquid hitting something, or a small spot of liquid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#m3)
4. A splash of colour is a small bright patch of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#m4)
5. To make a splash is to get a lot of attention. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life children splash in puddles, pools and the sea; in safety lessons, splashing in a pool is fine but pushing people in is not, and chemicals or hot liquids must not splash on skin or eyes. In stories it is an onomatopoeia — the word sounds like the noise. Phrases: «splash about», «make a splash», «splash of colour», «splash pool», «with a splash».

### Examples

- The children splashed in the puddles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x1)
- A car splashed water all over my coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x2)
- The frog jumped into the pond with a big splash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x3)
- Wear goggles so chemicals don't splash in your eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x4)
- She added a splash of milk to her tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x5)
- The red flowers were a splash of colour in the grey yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x6)
- The new film made a splash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x7)
- We splashed about in the paddling pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x8)
- There was a splash, and then silence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/#x9)

### Note

Plural splashes; third person splashes. «Splash» is an onomatopoeic word (it sounds like what it means), useful in poems. «Splash» is short contact; «soak» means getting wet all through.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «splash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splash/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«splash» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/splash.html) on Mova free.