lash
The English word “lash” has 26 meanings listed here.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- An attempt; a go at something.
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- To ply the whip; to strike.
- To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- Remiss, lax.
- Relaxed.
- Soft, watery, wet.
- Excellent, wonderful.
- Drunk.
- Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
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