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aflash

/əˈflæʃ/

aflash adjective: flashing.

Adjective

aflash (not comparable)

  1. Flashing.
    • Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash. Yes, it was a fine sight; I hadn’t ever seen anything to beat it.1889, Mark Twain, chapter 43, in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, New York: Charles L. Webster, pages 553-554
    • From the ceiling a screen folded down, its face aflash with myriad numbers, grids, and graphs.1976, Samuel R. Delany, chapter 4, in Triton, New York: Bantam, page 152

Origin of aflash

From a- + flash.

Questions about aflash

What does aflash mean?
Aflash means flashing.
What part of speech is aflash?
Aflash is an adjective.
How do you pronounce aflash?
Aflash is pronounced /əˈflæʃ/.

Words near aflash in the dictionary

  1. aflames
  2. aflaming
  3. Aflao
  4. aflap
  5. aflare
  6. aflash
  7. aflastatin
  8. aflat
  9. aflatoxicol
  10. aflatoxicosis
  11. aflatoxigenic

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