1. A minor short-term fight
   "A brief clash broke out between the protesters and police";
   - brush, encounter, skirmish
    
2. A state of conflict between persons
   "The clash of personalities led to tension in the workplace";
   - friction
    
3. A state of conflict between colours
   "her dress was a disturbing clash of colours"
    
4. A loud resonant repeating noise
   "he could hear the clash of distant bells";
   - clang, clangor [US], clangour [Brit, Cdn], clangoring [US], clank, crash, clangouring [Brit, Cdn]

1. Crash together with violent impact
   "Two meteors clashed";
   - collide
    
2. Be incompatible; be or come into conflict
   "These colours clash";
   - jar, collide
    
3. Disagree violently
   "We clashed over the new farm policies"
    
4. Compete or contend against
   "The two teams will clash in the finals tonight"

Derived forms: clashes, clashing, clashed

Type of: collide with, combat, conflict, differ, disagree, dissent, fight, fighting, hit, impact, impinge on, noise, run into, scrap, strike, take issue

Encyclopedia: Clash, The