Definitions for the word "lash" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v.
1 make a sudden whiplike movement. 2 beat with a whip etc. 3 (often foll. By against, down, etc.) (of rain etc.) Beat, strike. 4 criticize harshly. 5 rouse, incite. 6 (foll. By down, together, etc.) Fasten with a cord etc. n. 1 sharp blow made by a whip etc. 2 flexible end of a whip. 3 eyelash. lash out 1 speak or hit out angrily. 2 colloq. Spend money extravagantly. [imitative]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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