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   lash

   /laʃ/

   verb

   • 1. strike or beat with a whip or stick: "they lashed him repeatedly about the head" Similar whipflogbeatthrashhorsewhipscourgebirchswitchflaybeltstrapcaneleatherstrikehitcloutbatterwelthammerpummelbelabourinformal:wallopwhacklamtan someone's hidegive someone a (good) hidinglarrupwhalearchaic:smitestripeflagellate
   • ▪ (especially of wind or water) beat forcefully against (something): "waves lashed the coast" Similar beat againstdash againstcrash againstpoundbatterbuffetsmack againststrikehitknock
   • 2. (of an animal) move (a part of the body, especially the tail) quickly and violently: "the cat was lashing its tail back and forth" Similar swishflicktwitchswitchwhipwavewag
   • ▪ (of a part of an animal's body) move quickly and violently: "the cat's tail lashed furiously from side to side"
   • 3. fasten (something) securely with a cord or rope: "the hatch was securely lashed down" Similar fastenbindtietie uptetherhitchattachknotropestrapleashtrussfettermake fastsecurechainpinionjoinconnectcouple

   noun

   • 1. a sharp blow or stroke with a whip or rope: "he was sentenced to fifty lashes for his crime" Similar strokeblowhitstrikeweltbangthwackthumpinformal:swipewallopwhackarchaic:stripe
   • ▪ the flexible leather part of a whip, used for administering blows: "he brought the lash down upon the prisoner's back"
   • ▪ punishment in the form of a beating with a whip or rope: "they were living under the threat of the lash" Similar whiphorsewhipbullwhipswitchscourgeflagellumcat-o'-nine-tailscatthongflailstrapbirchcanehistorical:knout
   • 2. an eyelash: "she fluttered her long dark lashes"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘make a sudden movement’): probably imitative.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lasher noun
   • 2. lashless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   Is Lash a noun or noun?

   • Lash is also a noun. Never before had he felt the full lash of John's temper. A lash is a thin strip of leather at the end of a whip. A lash is a blow with a whip, especially a blow on someone's back as a punishment. If someone lashes another person, they hit that person with a whip.

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   What does lash mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! LASH definition: 1. to hit with a lot of force: 2. to criticize someone severely 3. to tie together tightly and…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean if someone lashes you?

   • If someone lashes you or lashes into you, they speak very angrily to you, criticizing you or saying you have done something wrong. She went quiet for a moment while she summoned up the words to lash him. [VERB noun] The report lashes into police commanders for failing to act on intelligence information. [VERB + into] Lash is also a noun.

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   What does lashing mean?

   • Several logs had been lashed together to make a raft. During the storm everything on deck had to be lashed down. [intransitive, transitive] lash (something) to move or to move something quickly and violently from side to side The crocodile's tail was lashing furiously from side to side. The cat hissed and lashed its tail wildly from side to side.

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   What does lashed mean?

   • an eyelash. Also called neck cord [ nek, kawrd]. a cord or a series of cords for lifting the warp in weaving a figured fabric. to strike or beat, as with a whip or something similarly slender and flexible. The rain lashed the trees. He lashed them on to greater effort. She lashed the students with harsh criticism. The crocodile lashed its tail.

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   What does 20 lashes mean?

   • 1. a sharp cutting blow from a whip or other flexible object: twenty lashes was his punishment. 5. (Anatomy) See eyelash 10. to flick or wave sharply to and fro: the restless panther lashed his tail. 11. to urge or drive with or as if with a whip: to lash the audience into a violent mood. n.

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     LASH translate: chicotear, cílio, tira de couro, chicotada,...

   • Lash Spanish Translation

     LASH translate: pestaña, látigo, latigazo, pestaña...

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     lash translate: まつげ, まつげ. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   noun. the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip. a swift stroke or blow, with a whip or the like, given as a punishment: He received 20 lashes. something that goads or pains in a manner compared to that of a whip: the lash of his sharp tongue.

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