Lash
adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·1 syllable ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 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 Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear). uncountable
"setting the proper valve lash for solid lifters"
- 3 a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object wordnet
- 4 A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. obsolete
- 5 leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip wordnet
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- 6 A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
"The culprit received thirty-nine lashes."
- 7 any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids wordnet
- 8 A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- 9 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."
- 10 A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
"But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections."
- 11 In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- 12 Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- 13 An attempt; a go at something. Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, informal
"I'll have a lash."
- 14 A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
"the Ayrshire cow gives a lash of milk on comparatively bare pasture"
- 1 To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. transitive
"We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward"
- 2 To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten. transitive
"to lash something to a spar"
- 3 bind with a rope, chain, or cord wordnet
- 4 To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash. transitive
"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."
- 5 strike as if by whipping wordnet
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- 6 To throw out with a jerk or quickly. transitive
"He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws."
- 7 beat severely with a whip or rod wordnet
- 8 To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity. transitive
- 9 lash or flick about sharply wordnet
- 10 To ply the whip; to strike. intransitive
- 11 To strike vigorously; to let fly. intransitive
"In the final minute of six added on, Colombia would undo their good work, though, Pérez fumbling the ball allowing Hemp to lash into the empty net."
- 12 To utter censure or sarcastic language. intransitive
"To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice."
- 13 To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down. intransitive
"With rain lashing across the ground at kick-off and every man in Auckland seemingly either English-born or supporting Scotland, Eden Park was transformed into Murrayfield in March."
- 14 Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- 1 Remiss, lax. obsolete
- 2 Acronym of lighter-aboard-ship. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable
- 3 Relaxed. obsolete
- 4 Soft, watery, wet.
"Fruits being unwholesome and lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare."
- 5 Excellent, wonderful. Ulster
"We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash!"
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- 6 Drunk. British, slang
- 1 A surname.
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More examples"Don't lash out at me just because my brother treated you badly."
Etymology
From Middle English lashe, lasshe, lasche (“a stroke; the flexible end of a whip”), from Proto-Germanic *laskô (“flap of fabric, strap”). Cognate with Dutch lasch, las (“a piece; seal; joint; notch; seam”), German Low German Laske, Lask (“a flap; dag; strap”), German Lasche (“a flap; joint; strap; tongue; scarf”), Swedish lask (“scarf”), Icelandic laski (“the bottom part of a glove”).
From Middle French lachier, from Old French lacier (“to lace”).
From Old French lasche (French lâche).