lash
IPA: ɫˈæʃ
noun
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (obsolete) 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.
- 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.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
adjective
- (obsolete) Remiss, lax.
- (obsolete) Relaxed.
- Soft, watery, wet.
- (Ulster) Excellent, wonderful.
- (Britain) Drunk.
- (nautical) Acronym of lighter-aboard-ship.
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Examples of "lash" in Sentences
- The martinet hits the child with lashes.
- She obeys to save herself from the lash.
- Lashes on the back was the most common punishment.
- Bane lashes out, and Isley is revealed in the fracas.
- Occasional bouts of cool rain lash the Gulf of Mexico coast.
- Critics have lashed out at this blatant attempt of gerrymandering.
- The cosmetics maker did admit the lashes were retouched digitally.
- Once the body starts to ache, he or she sees the lashes of the demon.
- There, manacled to the wall is an emaciated figure, covered in raw lashes.
- Brant here lashes with unsparing vigour the weaknesses and vices of his time.
- On board the Danish gunboat, the skipper of the Caspian was lashed to the mast.
- The tube is labeled Lash Stiletto, where the word lash is capitalized and Stiletto in cursive.
- Lily Burana is as American as apple pie, dazzling as a Fourth of July firecracker, and smarter than a lash from a Senate Majority whip.
- They had eaten a pair of Perrault's moose-hide moccasins, chunks out of the leather traces, and even two feet of lash from the end of Francois's whip.
- I guess (even though it is hypothetical) one relation we would have to worry about is some sort of stupid political back lash from the right-wing bigots.
- Republicans can say whatever the f**k they want and get a little back-lash from the media but ultimately no actual repercussions but Democrats have to watch their every word.
- That this play, with its strong plea for social housing, should arrive at the National in a week when affordable accommodation came under the government's lash, is tremendous.
- The next line is inharmonious in its sound, and mean in its conception; the opposition is obvious, and the word lash used absolutely, and without any modification, is gross and improper.