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Definition of 'LASH'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lash
the flexible section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.

2.  lash
a swift stroke or blow, with a whip or the like, given as a punishment.

3.  lash
something that goads or pains in a manner compared to that of a whip.

4.  lash
a swift, whiplike movement, as of an animal's tail.

5.  lash
a violent beating or impact, as of waves or rain, against something.

6.  lash
an eyelash.

7. (v.t.) lash
to strike or beat, as with a whip or something similarly slender and flexible.

8.  lash
to beat violently or sharply against.

9.  lash
to drive by or as if by strokes of a whip.

10.  lash
to attack or scold with words.

11.  lash
to dash, fling, or switch suddenly and swiftly.

12. (v.i.) lash
to strike vigorously at someone or something, as with a weapon (often fol. by out):
He lashed wildly at his attackers.

13.  lash
to attack someone or something with harsh words (often fol. by out):
to lash out at injustice.

14.  lash
to move suddenly and swiftly.

15. (v.t.) lash
to bind or fasten with a rope, cord, etc.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME lasschyn, prob. < MD or LG)

Definition of 'LASH'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) eyelash, lash, cilium
any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

2. (noun) lash, thong
leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

3. (verb) whip, lash, whiplash
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
"the whip raised a red welt"

4. (verb) flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
beat severely with a whip or rod
"The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

5. (verb) lash
lash or flick about sharply
"The lion lashed its tail"

6. (verb) whip, lash
strike as if by whipping
"The curtain whipped her face"

7. (verb) lash
bind with a rope, chain, or cord
"lash the horse"

Definition of 'LASH'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) lash
an eyelash
the baby's long lashes

Definition of 'LASH'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) LASH
the thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given

2. (noun) LASH
a leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare

3. (noun) LASH
a stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes

4. (noun) LASH
a stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut

5. (noun) LASH
a hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash

6. (noun) LASH
in carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure

7. (noun) LASH
to bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back

8. (verb) LASH
to strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one

9. (verb) LASH
to strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail

10. (verb) LASH
to throw out with a jerk or quickly

11. (verb) LASH
to scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice

12. (verb) LASH
to ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language

Translation of 'LASH'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an eyelash She looked at him through her thick lashes.
Afrikaans: ooghaar	Arabic: هُدْب العَيْن	Bulgarian: мигла
Brazilian: pestana	Czech: řasa	German: die Wimper
Danish: øjenvippe	Greek: βλεφαρίδα	Spanish: pestaña
Estonian: silmaripse	Farsi: مژه	Finnish: ripsi
French: cil	Hebrew: רִיס	Hindi: कोड़ा
Croatian: trepavica	Hungarian: szempilla	Indonesian: bulu mata
Icelandic: augnhár	Italian: ciglio	Japanese: まつ毛
Korean: 속눈썹	Lithuanian: blakstiena	Latvian: skropsta
Malay: bulu mata	Dutch: wimper	Norwegian: øyenvipp
Polish: rzęsa	Persian: مژه	Pashto: باڼه
Portuguese: pestana	Romanian: geană	Russian: ресница
Slovak: riasa	Slovenian: trepalnica	Serbian: trepavica
Swedish: ögonfrans	Thai: ขนตา	Turkish: kirpik
Taiwanese: 眼睫毛	Ukrainian: вія	Urdu: پلک
Vietnamese: lông my	Chinese: 眼睫毛
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