To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
To chase (someone or something) away; to disperse.
To force or make (a path, way, etc.) through.
To rub.
Often followed by away, off, or out: to frighten or scare (someone or something) away.
Of a person's mental strength, nerves, temper, etc.: to become exhausted or worn out.
To assail or attack (someone or something); to drive (someone or something) away by attacking.
To become unravelled or worn; to unravel.
To be afraid or frightened; to fear.
Of a deer: to rub (its antlers or head) against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet from antlers or to mark territory; also, to rub its antlers against (a tree, etc.) for that purpose.
Of a deer: to rub its antlers against a tree, etc., to remove the velvet or to mark territory.
To alarm or frighten (someone or something).
To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.
To make an assault or attack; also, to create a disturbance; to brawl, to fight.
A heated argument; a war of words.
A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
A consequence of rubbing, unravelling, or wearing away; a fraying; also, a place where fraying has occurred.
Conflict, disagreement.