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 till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
To run against and sink, as a vessel.
To read quickly a list or other short text.
To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
To decline in quality or condition.
To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.