Clash | Mean of clash in English Dictionary
/ˈklæʃ/
- Verb
- to be in a situation in which you are fighting or disagreeing
- Police and protesters clashed yesterday.
- The brothers often clash [=argue] over politics.
- Protesters clashed with the police yesterday.
- to look bad or ugly together
- Some colors clash.
- The sofa and the chair clash.
- She wore clashing colors.
- This shirt clashes with these pants.
- to be very different in a way that makes being or working together difficult
- Their personalities clash.
- clashing personalities/ideas
- So many of his ideas clash with mine.
- to make or cause (something) to make the loud sound of a metal object hitting another metal object
- The cymbals clashed.
- Their swords clashed.
- She ended the song by clashing the cymbals.
- to happen at the same time so that you cannot do or see both
- The time of the picnic clashes [=(more commonly) conflicts] with another picnic I'm invited to.
- Noun
- a short fight between groups of people
- Hundreds were killed in ethnic clashes in the region last month.
- Clashes broke out between the police and protesters.
- Several protesters were injured in a recent clash with the police.
- violent clashes between the factions
- an argument or disagreement between people
- a clash between the two leaders
- The company has had many clashes with environmentalists.
- a difference that makes it difficult for people or things to be together or work together
- a clash of opinions/cultures
- We have a personality clash. [=we often annoy each other or disagree; we do not get along]
- a loud sound made by hitting a metal object against another metal object
- the clash of swords/cymbals
- a situation in which two events happen at the same time so that you cannot do or see both
- The date of the debate had to be changed because of scheduling clashes. [=(more commonly) conflicts]