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In some senses, lash is marked as obsolete, slang, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.
verb
To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward
A lesbian who was lashed as a teenager for saying she was gay.
To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
Carlo Ancelotti's out-of-sorts team struggled to hit the target in the first half as Bolton threatened with Matthew Taylor lashing just wide.
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.
To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
To ply the whip; to strike.
verb
To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
to lash something to a spar
lash a pack on a horse's back