Lash
[læʃ]
Definition
(noun.) leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip.
(verb.) bind with a rope, chain, or cord; 'lash the horse'.
(verb.) lash or flick about sharply; 'The lion lashed its tail'.
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Definition
(n.) The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
(n.) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
(n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
(n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
(n.) A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
(n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
(v. t.) To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
(v. t.) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.
(v. i.) To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Thong (of a whip), scourge, whip.[2]. Stroke, stripe.
v. a. [1]. Scourge, whip.[2]. Beat, beat against.[3]. Bind, tie, tie together.[4]. Censure, satirize, lampoon, abuse.
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Definition
adj. (obs.) slow slack: soft: insipid.—n. Lash′er the slack water collected above a weir in a river.
n. a thong or cord: the flexible part of a whip: a stroke with a whip or anything pliant: a stroke of satire a sharp retort: a beating or dashing: an eyelash.—v.t. to strike with a lash: to dash against: to fasten or secure with a rope or cord: to censure severely: to scourge with sarcasm or satire.—v.i. to use the whip.—n. Lash′er one who lashes or whips: a rope for binding one thing to another; Lash′ing act of whipping: a rope for making things fast: a great plenty of anything—esp. in pl.—Lash out to kick out as a horse: to break out recklessly.
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Examples
- But the serrated type will lash easier and more securely. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The object which had caught his eye was a small dog lash hung on one corner of the bed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- To be stung by irony it is not necessary to understand it, and the angry streaks on Trenor's face might have been raised by an actual lash. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Put it in just as fast as you can and wedge it tight and lash it fast. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- What is to be done with a human being that can be governed only by the lash,--_that_ fails,--it's a very common state of things down here! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- During this long speech the Greek made neither sound nor movement, but, like a beaten hound, cowered before the lash of Justinian's scornful words. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She sat silent, without a movement or a tremor of her lashes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- They were a light blue and the lashes were light, too. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- His eyes were large and blue, with brown lashes; his high forehead, colourless as ivory, was partially streaked over by careless locks of fair hair. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A half-paralysed white sneering fellow--rather handsome head, but eyes with a lot of lashes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was an odious face--crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-gray eyes and white lashes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- On the white lid and dark lashes of her downcast eye trembled all that is graceful in the sense of half-painful, half-pleasing shame. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was an order, written in Marie's delicate Italian hand, to the master of a whipping-establishment to give the bearer fifteen lashes. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The drops which lashed her face were not scorpions, but prosy rain; Egdon in the mass was no monster whatever, but impersonal open ground. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was a wet night; the rain lashed the panes, and the wind sounded angry and restless. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His arrow heads were of flint, beautifully made, and he lashed them tightly to their shafts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The snow was over, and a tingling wind had sprung up, that lashed his face as he stood gazing. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Alongside this on the top of the saddle the automatic rifle Sordo had served was lashed arrogantly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This was tied across the saddle and at each end it was lashed to the stirrup leathers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No longer the tail lashed--quiet and straight behind her it lay. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Casting my eyes along the street at a certain point of my progress, I beheld Trabb's boy approaching, lashing himself with an empty blue bag. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Take thy time and do it well, wedging all securely with the wooden wedges and lashing the grenades firmly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The wind, prince of air, raged through his kingdom, lashing the sea into fury, and subduing the rebel earth into some sort of obedience. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Then, suddenly, the jungle giants whipped back, lashing their mighty tops in angry and deafening protest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- That night there was a storm and I woke to hear the rain lashing the window-panes. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I take Tamburlaine in his chariot for the tremendous course of the world's physical history lashing on the harnessed dynasties. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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