Definition of "dashes" []

• Plural form of dash. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dash. (verb)

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• "His brushwork is characteristically informed by a rosy-hued golden palette applied in short dashes and dabs."
• "The dashes are another thing she has in common with Herriman, incidentally."
• "I changed just one thing: Abbyy recognized the em-dashes as such, and output them as a special character in Codepage 1252 for em-dashes, which isn't available in ASCII, so I converted that to the PG standard"