Lash

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Intransitive verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /læʃ/
• SAMPA: /l{S/

Noun

Lash (plural Lashes)

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. — Addison.

2. (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.

   The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

4. 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. — L'Estrange

5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

Translations

thong of a whip

obsolete: a snare

stroke with a whip

stroke of satire or sarcasm

hair growing from the eyelid

French: cil m

Italian: ciglio m

group of strings for lifting certain yarns

Transitive verb

to lash (third-person singular simple present lashes, present participle lashing, simple past lashed, past participle lashed)

1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

   We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. — Dryden

2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.

   the whale lashes the sea with its tail.

   And big waves lash the frighted shores. — Dryden

3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

   He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. — Dryden

4. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.

   to lash vice

5. To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

   to lash something to a spar

   lash a pack on a horse's back

Translations

strike with a lash

French: fouetter

strike forcibly, beat as if with a lash

throw out with a jerk

scold

French: gronder

Italian: rimproverare

bind with a rope

Intransitive verb

to lash (third-person singular simple present lashes, present participle lashing, simple past lashed, past participle lashed)

1. To ply the whip; to strike.
2. To utter censure or sarcastic language.

   To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. — Dryden

Translations

ply the whip

utter censure

See also

• lash out

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