Lash

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• (UK, US) IPA: /læʃ/, SAMPA: /l{S/

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• Rhymes: -æʃ

Etymology 1

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Noun

Singular Lash

Plural es

Lash (es)

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

   I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it. — Joseph Addison.

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.

   The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

   The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. — Roger L'Estrange

5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

Translations

thong of a whip

Danish: piskesnert da(da) c.

Finnish: ruoskan siima

obsolete: a snare

stroke with a whip

Danish: piskeslag da(da) n. Finnish: piiskan isku, ruoskanisku, sivallus

Russian: удар хлыстом m., удар бичом m., удар плетью m.

stroke of satire or sarcasm

Finnish: sivallus

Russian: резкий упрек m., критика f.

hair growing from the eyelid

Danish: øjenvippe da(da) c. Finnish: ripsi fi(fi) French: cil fr(fr) m.

Italian: ciglio it(it) m. Romanian: geană ro(ro) f. Russian: ресница ru(ru) f.

group of strings for lifting certain yarns

Verb

Infinitive to Lash

Third person singular lash

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle es

to Lash (third-person singular simple present lash, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

   We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. — John Dryden

2. (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.

   the whale lashes the sea with its tail.

   And big waves lash the frighted shores. — John Dryden

3. (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

   He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. — John Dryden

4. (transitive) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.

   to lash vice

5. (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

   to lash something to a spar

   lash a pack on a horse's back

6. (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
7. (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.

   To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. — John Dryden

Translations

strike with a lash

Esperanto: vipi eo(eo) Finnish: ruoskia fi(fi), piiskata fi(fi)

French: fouetter fr(fr)

strike forcibly, beat as if with a lash

Finnish: piiskata fi(fi)

throw out with a jerk

scold

Finnish: suomia, moittia ankarasti French: gronder fr(fr)

Italian: rimproverare it(it)

bind with a rope

Finnish: sitoa fi(fi)

ply the whip

utter censure

See also

• lash out

Etymology 2

From Old French lasche (French lâche).

Adjective

Lash (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Lash

Comparative {{{1}}}

Superlative {{{2}}}

1. (obsolete) Remiss, lax.
2. (obsolete) Relaxed.
3. Soft, watery, wet.
   • 1658: Fruits being unwholesome and lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 211)
4. (Mid-Ulster, Northern Ireland) excellent, wonderful

   We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash!

   That chinese (food) was lash!

5. Drunk.

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