Meaning of Rash | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of Raja Ampat–South Halmahera.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus. Also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare or obsolete), an illness characterized by a type of rash.
3. Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.
   historical, uncountable
4. A soft crackling or rustling sound.
   obsolete
5. A surname.
6. An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).
   figuratively
7. An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“He came out in a rash because of an allergy.”

“She applied rash cream on herself to reduce the irritation.”

“A wet cloth should help with the rash on your arm.”

“There has been a rash of vandalism lately.”

“Wet through and through: with her feet squelching and squashing in her shoes whenever she moved; with a rash of rain upon her classical visage; […]”

“Until the recent rash of North London line maps appeared on station billboards in the London area of BR, the service undoubtedly suffered from meagre and ineffectual publicity.”

“Science has tried and failed to come to a consensus about the hygienic superiority of one product over the other. Even so, the paper towel industry has funded or promoted a rash of studies claiming that hand dryers turn bathrooms into mosh pits of pathogens.”

“cloth rash    silk rash”

“Sleeveleſſe his jerkin vvas, and it had beene / Velvet, but 'tvvas novv (ſo much ground vvas ſeene) / Become Tufftaffatie; and our children ſhall / See it plaine Raſhe avvhile, or nought at all.”

“Look on thoſe grave plodding fellovvs, […] I'll undertake three parts of four are going to their Courtezans. I tell thee, Jack, the vvhiſking of a Silk-Govvn, and the raſh of a Tabby-Pettycoat, are as comfortable ſounds to one of theſe rich Citizens, as the chink of their Pieces of Eight.”

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