lash

UK /læʃ/ US /læʃ/
noun 6verb 6adj 6name 1

Definitions

noun

1

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.

2

A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

3

A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.

The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

4

A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.

5

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

1

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.

2

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.

3

To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.

4

To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.

5

To ply the whip; to strike.

verb

1

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

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