verb
    
    slashes; slashed; slashing
    
    [+ obj] to make a long cut in (something) with a knife or other sharp weapon
    
    
    
    
    
    to make (a path) by cutting plants
    
    
    
    
    
    to reduce (something) by a large amount
    
    
    
    
    
    slash at
    
    [phrasal verb]
    
    slash at (someone or something) :to attack (someone or something) violently with a knife or other sharp weapon
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural slashes
    
    [count] :a thin and usually long cut made with a knife or other sharp object
    
    
    
    [count] :a quick movement with a sharp knife or weapon to cut someone or something
    
    
    
    [count] :a patch or line of bright light or color
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :the mark  that is used to mean or (as in and/or), and or (as in bottles/cans), or per (as in kilometers/hour) or as a division sign in fractions (as in {frac3/4}) - called also slash mark, (Brit) oblique
    
    [singular] Brit slang :an act of urinating