To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.
Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.
A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
A type of jagged crack extending inwards from the broken surface of a fractured material.
A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.
An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.
One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.
To create slashes in a garment.
To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
To criticize cuttingly.
To swing wildly at the ball.
To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or (agriculture, uncommon) through grazing.
To produce a similar wound with a savage strike of a whip.
To write slash fiction.
To piss, to urinate.
To work in wet conditions.
To reduce sharply.
To move quickly and violently.
To strike violently and randomly
To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
A hard swift lateral strike with a hockey or lacrosse stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
A swampy area; a swamp.
A clearing in a forest, (particularly) those made by logging, fire, or other violent action.
Slash fiction.
A cut or laceration, often deep, made by an edged weapon or whip.
A deep taper-pointed incision in a plant.
A piss: an act of urination.
Female genitalia.
A wild swinging strike of the bat.
A swift, broad, cutting stroke made by an edged weapon or whip.
A sharp reduction.
A slit in an outer garment exposing a lining or inner garment, usually of a contrasting color or design; any intentional long vertical cut in a garment.
The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes (often proscribed) inclusive of any mark produced by a similar slashing movement of the pen, as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
Any similar wide striking motion.
A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
Used to connect two or more identities in a list.
Used to list alternatives.
Used to note the sound or action of a slash.