'Lash' definitions:
Definition of 'lash'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip [syn: lash, thong]
noun
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt" [syn: whip, lash, whiplash]
verb
Beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce]
verb
Lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail"
verb
Strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" [syn: whip, lash]
verb
Bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse" [ant: unlash]
Definition of 'Lash'
From: GCIDE
- Lash \Lash\, v. i. To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language. [1913 Webster]
- To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously; also used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lash'
From: GCIDE
- Lash \Lash\, v. t. [Cf. D. lasschen to fasten together, lasch piece, joint, Sw. laska to stitch, Dan. laske stitch. See Lash, 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lash'
From: GCIDE
- Lash \Lash\ (l[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lashng.]
- 1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. [1913 Webster]
- We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- And big waves lash the frighted shores. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly. [1913 Webster]
- He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lash'
From: GCIDE
- Lash \Lash\ (l[a^]sh), n. [OE. lasche; cf. D. lasch piece set in, joint, seam, G. lashe latchet, a bit of leather, gusset, stripe, laschen to furnish with flaps, to lash or slap, Icel. laski gusset, flap, laska to break.]
- 1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. [1913 Webster]
- I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut. [1913 Webster]
- The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash. [1913 Webster]
- 6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lash'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anchor,
- assail,
- attack,
- band,
- bandage,
- baste,
- bastinado,
- bawl out,
- beat,
- belabor,
- belt,
- bend,
- berate,
- bind,
- bind up,
- birch,
- blacksnake,
- blister,
- blow,
- boil,
- bolt,
- box,
- brace,
- bridle,
- buffet,
- bullwhack,
- bullwhip,
- bundle,
- cage,
- cane,
- cast anchor,
- castigate,
- cat,
- chain,
- charge,
- chase,
- chew out,
- cilia,
- cinch,
- club,
- come to anchor,
- corral,
- cowhide,
- criticize,
- crop,
- cudgel,
- cuff,
- cut,
- dash,
- disembark,
- do up,
- dock,
- drench,
- drive,
- drop the hook,
- drove,
- drub,
- enchain,
- entrammel,
- excoriate,
- fasten,
- fetter,
- fix,
- flagellate,
- flagellum,
- flail,
- flap,
- flay,
- fling,
- flog,
- fustigate,
- gad,
- gadfly,
- gird,
- girdle,
- girt,
- girth,
- give a whipping,
- give the stick,
- goad,
- gyve,
- hamper,
- handcuff,
- herd,
- hide,
- hobble,
- hog-tie,
- hopple,
- horsewhip,
- jaw,
- kedge,
- kedge off,
- knout,
- kurbash,
- lace,
- lambaste,
- lash and tie,
- lather,
- lay anchor,
- lay on,
- leash,
- make fast,
- manacle,
- moor,
- needle,
- nudge,
- oxgoad,
- peg down,
- picket,
- pin down,
- pinion,
- pistol-whip,
- poke,
- pommel,
- prick,
- prod,
- pummel,
- punch cattle,
- punish,
- put in irons,
- quirt,
- race,
- rawhide,
- razor strap,
- restrain,
- ride herd on,
- roast,
- rope,
- round up,
- rowel,
- scarify,
- scathe,
- scold,
- scorch,
- scourge,
- secure,
- shackle,
- shepherd,
- shoot,
- sjambok,
- skin alive,
- slap,
- slash,
- smack,
- smite,
- spank,
- splice,
- spur,
- sting,
- straitjacket,
- strap,
- strike,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swaddle,
- swathe,
- swinge,
- switch,
- tear,
- teem,
- tether,
- thong,
- thrash,
- thump,
- thwack,
- tie,
- tie down,
- tie up,
- tongue-lash,
- trammel,
- trounce,
- truncheon,
- truss,
- upbraid,
- vituperate,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wallop,
- wave,
- wear out,
- whack,
- whale,
- whip,
- whiplash,
- whop,
- wire,
- wrangle,
- wrap,
- wrap up