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bash

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bash  \Bash\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Bashed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Bashing}.]  [Perh.  of  imitative  origin;  or  cf  Dan.  baske  to 
  strike,  bask  a  blow,  Sw  basa  to  beat  bas  a  beating.] 
  To  strike  heavily;  to  beat  to  crush.  [Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.] 
  --Hall  Caine. 
 
  Bash  her  open  with  a  rock.  --Kipling. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bash  \Bash\,  v.  t.  &  i.  [OE.  baschen  baissen  See  {Abash}.] 
  To  abash;  to  disconcert  or  be  disconcerted  or  put  out  of 
  countenance.  [Obs.] 
 
  His  countenance  was  bold  and  bashed  not  --Spenser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  bash 
  n  1:  a  vigorous  blow;  "the  sudden  knock  floored  him";  "he  took  a 
  bash  right  in  his  face";  "he  got  a  bang  on  the  head" 
  [syn:  {knock},  {bang},  {smash},  {belt}] 
  2:  an  uproarious  party  [syn:  {do},  {brawl}] 
  v  :  hit  hard  [syn:  {sock},  {bop},  {whop},  {whap},  {bonk}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  bash 
 
  Bourne  Again  SHell.  {GNU}'s  {command  interpreter}  for  {Unix}. 
  Bash  is  a  {Posix}-compatible  {shell}  with  full  {Bourne  shell} 
  syntax,  and  some  {C  shell}  commands  built  in  The  Bourne 
  Again  Shell  supports  {Emacs}-style  command-line  editing,  job 
  control,  functions,  and  on-line  help.  Written  by  Brian  Fox  of 
  {UCSB}. 
 
  The  latest  version  is  1.14.1.  It  includes  a  {yacc}  parser, 
  the  interpreter  and  documentation. 
 
  {(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/bash-1.14.1.tar.gz)}  or  from  a 
  {GNU  archive  site}.  E-mail:  . 
  {Usenet}  newsgroup:  {news:gnu.bash.bug}. 
 
  (1994-07-15) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  BASH 
  Bourne-Again  SHell  (Unix,  Shell)




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