Lash

/læʃ/ · noun

Meaning

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given..

Definitions by Sense

1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
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, often given as a punishment.
4. A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
5. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
6. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
7. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
8. (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.

Example Sentences

I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.

The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.

But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.

I'll have a lash.

Much-loved characters living on after their author’s death is not so unusual these days. Every second bloke in possession of a keyboard seems to have had a lash at a James Bond thriller, including Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd, Anthony Horowitz, Christopher Wood and Sebastian Faulks.

“I felt I’d go out and grab the bull by the horns and give it a good lash and I’m very pleased to come away with second in my very first Diamond League final.”

the Ayrshire cow gives a lash of milk on comparatively bare pasture

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• lashes
• lashing
• lashed
• more lash
• most lash

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