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Lash

laʃ

Lash definitions
verb
lash lashed lashes lashing
  1. strike or beat with a whip or stick

    "they lashed him repeatedly about the head"

    • (especially of wind or water) beat forcefully against (something)

      "waves lashed the coast"

  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"

    • (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"

noun
lash lashes
  1. a sharp blow or stroke with a whip or rope

    "he was sentenced to fifty lashes for his crime"

    • 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"

  2. an eyelash

    "she fluttered her long dark lashes"