Clash | Mean of clash in English Dictionary

/ˈklæʃ/

• Verb
• to be in a situation in which you are fighting or disagreeing
1. Police and protesters clashed yesterday.
2. The brothers often clash [=argue] over politics.
3. Protesters clashed with the police yesterday.
• to look bad or ugly together
1. Some colors clash.
2. The sofa and the chair clash.
3. She wore clashing colors.
4. This shirt clashes with these pants.
• to be very different in a way that makes being or working together difficult
1. Their personalities clash.
2. clashing personalities/ideas
3. 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
1. The cymbals clashed.
2. Their swords clashed.
3. She ended the song by clashing the cymbals.
• to happen at the same time so that you cannot do or see both
1. The time of the picnic clashes [=(more commonly) conflicts] with another picnic I'm invited to.
• Noun
• a short fight between groups of people
1. Hundreds were killed in ethnic clashes in the region last month.
2. Clashes broke out between the police and protesters.
3. Several protesters were injured in a recent clash with the police.
4. violent clashes between the factions
• an argument or disagreement between people
1. a clash between the two leaders
2. The company has had many clashes with environmentalists.
• a difference that makes it difficult for people or things to be together or work together
1. a clash of opinions/cultures
2. 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
1. the clash of swords/cymbals
• a situation in which two events happen at the same time so that you cannot do or see both
1. The date of the debate had to be changed because of scheduling clashes. [=(more commonly) conflicts]