clash
C1Meanings
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noun
a state of conflict between colors
My dress had a disturbing clash of colors.
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verb
to disagree violently
We clashed over the new farm policies
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noun
A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
I heard a clash from the kitchen, and rushed in to find the cat had knocked over some pots and pans.
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noun
A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
In Anatolia tensions between state officials (ehl-i örf) and the peasants were strained to breaking point. At several places—particularly in the frontier provinces—there were fierce clashes between the janissaries stationed there and the governors. In Aleppo and Damascus incidents were common after 1589: the kuls threw rocks at the beylerbeyi’s house, killed people, broke into the divan several times and took the money prepared by the council for remittance to the centre.
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noun
match; a game between two sides.
But they ran out of time and inspiration as Les Bleus set up a deserved semi-final clash with Wales.
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noun
Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
clash of beliefs
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noun
A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
She was wearing a horrible clash of red and orange.
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noun
A heavy fall (of rain); heavy rain.
clay soils ploughed in Autumn must often meet with heavy clashes of rain before frost: therefore , those salutary effects, expected to be derived from a frosty Winter, must often be frustrated, by the land being too much condensed by the rains before the frost comes on.
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Saterland Frisian klatskje (“to smack, slap”), West Frisian kletse, kletskje, Dutch kletsen (“to smack, slap, clash”), German Low German klattsen, klatsken (“to smack, splash”), German klatschen (“to clap, smack, slap”) and Klatsch (“a clapping sound; the din resulting from two or more things colliding”), Danish klaske (“to clash, splatter”).