Definition of lash in English:

lash

verb laʃlæʃ

1with object Strike or beat with a whip or stick.
they lashed him repeatedly about the head
Example sentencesExamples
- Under six years of Islamic fundamentalist rule, Qadratullah was lashed for failing to grow a beard and his wife was beaten for not wearing the all-enveloping burqa.
- He lashes Tom across the face with a cowhide and strikes him several times, then asks Tom again if he will do it.
- He still looked as though he'd been lashed by a whip, and he was sitting motionless behind the front desk.
- Anything less than that could result in a whipping, and no one wanted to be bent over the knee of old Grandfather Windom and be lashed with his belt at the age of eighteen.
- This girl wasn't carrying purse or mobile, so to teach her a lesson, the motorbike riders brutally lashed her across the back with a leather belt when going past!
- Katie's mother screamed, pulling the whip back to lash Katie.
- On another occasion he attacked a journalist who had given him a bad review, bursting into his office and lashing him with a bullwhip.
- Lauren ignored him and picked up a whip, lashing him again and again until he opened a wound that went to bone.
- I quickly went to see what the commotion was about and saw that my teacher was soundly lashing a young boy, stripped naked and wrists bound to a column so that he wouldn't escape.
- Women have been lashed for not being properly clothed - for wearing thin socks or brightly coloured shoes - and jailed for speaking to men on the streets.
- And we had a couple of Brothers who were pretty generous in lashing us with a cane.
- He was forced to farm Arab fields, tied at night, beaten and lashed with a whip for about a year.
- When he was lashing me with his whip, it hurt a lot.
- In one instance, they entered a student dormitory brandishing clubs and lashing students with chains.
- We wanted these manipulative girls and violent boys to be unwashed for a year, unfed for a month, to be lashed, strapped, coshed and whacked.
Synonyms
whip, flog, beat, thrash, horsewhip, scourge, birch, switch, flay, belt, strap, cane, leather
strike, hit, clout, batter, welt, hammer, pummel, belabour
informal wallop, whack, lam, tan someone's hide, give someone a (good) hiding, larrup
North American informal whale
archaic smite, stripe, flagellate
1. 1.1 Beat forcefully against.
  waves lashed the coast
  Example sentencesExamples
  The heavy rains lashing the City since Saturday have left a wide swathe of death and destruction.
  Nearly 100 trees were uprooted and branches of over 800 trees were severed due to gusty winds and heavy rains that lashed the City recently.
  And then, Hurricane Ivan has lashed the Caribbean.
  In neighbouring Botswana torrential rains that have lashed the southern, central and eastern parts of the country are now moving towards tourist destinations in the west.
  Meanwhile the city saw the usual chaos on the streets as rains lashed the Capital.
  Despite gale force winds lashing the Oaks complex on Sunday weights were still well spread around the 64-field on Cedar Lake.
  Flood hell… gale-force winds lashed the reservoir by the top of Blackstone Edge during a fierce storm in 1974, with nearly an inch of rain falling over the weekend.
  Those winds will whip or lash coastal communities and batter barrier islands along the mid-Atlantic.
  The next item of excitement was the sudden rain that lashed the Montreal circuit.
  Richard walks along a barren Irish coast in the rain, waves lashing against his long black coat!
  Gales and rain lashed Bolton over the weekend, leaving householders with repair bills running into thousands of pounds.
  Forecasters said it would lash the shores with strong winds, up to 10 inches of rain and waves up to 20 feet.
  Wilma lashed Key West with 120-mile-an-hour winds for two hours and left much of the island under more than three feet of water.
  Hurricane Emily will be lashing us with rain about the time that I should be doing my Pilates class tomorrow.
  Officials are warning of flash floods and mud slides, and the outer bands of Ivan are lashing Jamaica with torrential rain and huge waves.
  As a biting wind lashed Kirkgate and the rain fell from a grey, overcast sky, ordinary people thankful for the extraordinary courage of their police joined officers to pay their respects.
  Rita is expected to become a hurricane before lashing the Keys sometime tomorrow and then power its way into the Gulf of Mexico.
  And speaking of mud, the festival mercifully escaped the rain that was lashing York.
  The gloomy picture emerged as heavy rain lashed the UK and isolated areas in parts of the country were warned to expect flooding.
  Hurricane Dean has been upgraded to a category-five storm as it begins lashing the coast of northern Mexico with winds exceeding 150 mph.
  Synonyms
  beat against, dash against, crash against, pound, batter, buffet, smack against, strike, hit, knock
2. 1.2lash someone into Drive someone into (a particular state or condition)
  fear lashed him into a frenzy
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it proved nothing more than a false note as they were lashed into submission by the boundary-belting cyclone that is Kevin Pietersen.
  Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might?
  From the moment Zurawski lashed them into the lead in the 13 th minute, they were not in the remotest danger of dropping points, a fact that was not lost on the Aberdeen manager, Jimmy Calderwood.
  Synonyms
  provoke, incite, arouse, excite, agitate, stir up, whip up, work up, egg on, goad
2with object (of an animal) move (a part of the body, especially the tail) quickly and violently.
the cat was lashing its tail back and forth
Example sentencesExamples
- As much as we like to imagine sauropods stamping their feet and lashing their tails to drive off the vicious theropod predators, the scenario is unlikely for a simple reason.
- He lashed his tail from side to side, as he closed his eyes and took off blindly.
- The Brawlers scowled viciously at the stationary pair as they sped forward, their serpents lashing their tails and hissing.
- But as quick as he had lashed his tail out he sprung it forward toward Victor.
- Shishi snarled and lashed her tail with frustration.
- Jinx kept pacing, lashing his tail in agitation, and Elanor's eyes followed him wherever he went, though her head was frozen in place.
- The salamander lashed its tail like a whip and vanished.
- Then she lashed her tail around and commenced preening it.
- Jinx realized with a shock that he was still in a predatory, feline crouch, lashing his tail agitatedly, the claws on his feet digging into the dirt.
- He was behind me, still lashing his tail worriedly.
- With that, Jinx waved desperately and lashed his tail and laid his ears back in a picture of agitation.
- The small dragon was sitting on the bed and lashing her tail as if she was infuriated.
Synonyms
swish, flick, twitch, switch, whip, wave, wag
1. 2.1no object (of a part of an animal's body) move quickly and violently.
  the cat's tail lashed furiously from side to side
  Example sentencesExamples
  My ears were down, my tail lashing in anger.
  Then it moved towards the exit from the chamber, tail lashing and legs growing firmer and firmer the faster it walked.
  My tail lashed from side to side as I began to feel the hunger and bloodlust of the panther rise to meet my own senses.
  Her shadow flickered across the wall behind her, tail lashing in disquiet, inhuman muscles shifting as she moved.
  His great tail lashed out in fury, destroying the great eastern tower.
  Kobi was practically hissing at this point, his tail lashing furiously behind him.
  Now she was pacing on the shore, stepping awkwardly on the rocks while her tail lashed furiously.
  Nogar snapped back, his tail lashing furiously.
  Ron's fist lashed up into Jim's side, causing him to lean forward enough that Ron was able to drive his head into Jim's face.
  His tail is lashing wildly, as he eyes me coldly with a predatory stare, and snarls loudly.
  Tail lashing furiously, Kobi stood in the same spot for a moment more.
  He cracked a grin, but was shocked when Kate's other hand suddenly lashed across, smacking him in the side of the face.
  His tail lashed, once, violently, but his gaze did not drop or turn away.
3with object and adverbial Fasten (something) securely with a cord or rope.
the hatch was securely lashed down
he lashed the flag to the mast
Example sentencesExamples
- Two backboards were lashed together, and he was secured to them.
- He tied the man to the driver seat using some rope in the glove compartment and lashed his hands to the steering wheel.
- Alec Danfoss, who farmed land not a kilometre from Karsten had placed his children, Jenny and Julia the six year old twins, and their eight year tainted brother Randall, into his dingy and lashed it to the back of his ox cart.
- As the sun sets, Saranne, David, and I stop in a patch of shorter grass, lashing our canoes together and laying plywood boards over them.
- I knew it was coming to rescue us so I took down the sail and mast, took up the centerboard and brought in the rudder and lashed it all secure.
- On the way they were forced to step over several supply crates, moved to create extra accommodation spaces, which had been lashed to the deck and covered with floorboards.
- Larger beams can be ‘stressed’ by lashing them with heavy chains.
- His wrists ached as the rough rope cut into them and even his ankles were lashed together tightly with no room to spare.
- Kay called, and within a matter of seconds the two vessels were lashed together.
- With much heaving and sweating, and a few choice cuss words, he got it wedged up under the axle, and, with the rope from his saddle, he lashed it securely in place.
- Owing to the steep slope of Quebec roofs, the men must lash themselves to the chimney pots to move about.
- But alas, they got into a massive storm; he lashed her to the mast so that she wouldn't be thrown overboard.
- They were propped up in the crotch of two sticks that were lashed together with a car battery attached to their primers.
- Ryan lashes the board down, outside his beach hut in Obama.
- Reed did a bit of quick carpentry to repair the breaks, lashing them back together with something the Vikings could have used, duct tape.
- She thrashed around sending the flows everywhere, before they suddenly loosened and disappeared into thin air but there were to many of them and they overwhelmed her, lashing her feet to the earth and binding her arms.
- Kate nodded and quickly saddled her mare and lashed her pack securely onto the saddle.
- She found the lack of a table very frustrating, and she eventually made her own one by lashing together a door frame and pieces of bamboo.
- The rope was lashed to a wooden beam propping up the craft's skeleton in a manner meant to evoke the contraptions that Chinese children use to catch birds.
Synonyms
fasten, bind, tie, tie up, tether, hitch, attach, knot, rope, strap, leash, truss, fetter, make fast, secure
chain, pinion, join, connect, couple

noun laʃlæʃ

1A sharp blow or stroke with a whip or rope.
he was sentenced to fifty lashes for his crime
figurative she felt the lash of my tongue
Example sentencesExamples
- But, as it was a national holiday, the Sheikh decided they should be released after receiving 20 lashes of the whip.
- As a result he received thirty-nine lashes for a crime for which many were transported or executed.
- Two popular soccer players were sentenced to 170 lashes last month after they were arrested at a brothel.
- The continuous running is hard on the hobbits, but the orcs persuade them with lashes from a whip.
- Ten lashes of the stock whip got the message across to me.
- In support of his case, the elder of the two men claimed he'd been sentenced to 300 lashes and sacked from his job after raping several young men at his workplace.
- For lesbian conduct the penalty is 100 lashes from a whip.
- I circled in the air, taunting her with lashes from my whip.
- The young man who was arrested with her was sentenced to 100 lashes and allowed to go free afterwards.
- Women, as well as their accomplices, found guilty of this crime received fifty lashes.
- But the court clerk who read out the official sentence told reporters none of the accused had been sentenced to lashes.
- Foreigners unfamiliar with local customs often find themselves tied to a post and receiving fifty lashes.
- She gave birth when aged nine and was sentenced to 100 lashes for prostitution at about the same time.
- No one was ever sentenced to 500 lashes for anything during the period of the rightly guided caliphs.
- Even asking questions in class warranted a lash of the whip.
- She had received thirty lashes and a blow to the face.
- Later that day during roll call, Elie's number is called and he is given twenty-five lashes of the whip.
- I hereby sentence you, not to death, but to thirty lashes of the whip.
- Sancho resigns himself and agrees to the task on the condition that he is not required to draw blood with these whippings and that gentle lashes count too.
- It only lasted 10 lashes before the whip went through.
Synonyms
stroke, blow, hit, strike, welt, bang, thwack, thump
informal swipe, wallop, whack
archaic stripe
1. 1.1 The flexible leather part of a whip, used for administering blows.
  he brought the lash down upon the prisoner's back
  Example sentencesExamples
  A single lash emerged from the ebony handle, but it had been wickedly inlaid with tiny adamantine barbs.
  It is not frail and infirm, it is a fighting machine. Entrenched in filth in the centre of the aisle it will without warning extend its wooden lash and administer a swift but excruciating rap to the back of the legs.
  His voice was cool and Andreus raised the lash again threateningly, but was ordered to lower it.
  A lash, also of flax, was then attached and the whip was finished.
  I looked up as he came closer, but Andreus coiled up the lash into a plaited leather loop and hit me across the back of the neck with it, forcing my eyes back down.
  My fingers are still dripping wet, but the handle to the lash is gripped to prevent it from slipping free from my slick, white scales.
  Now before you sneer and condemn me to 1,000 strokes of the lash, let me tell you about a little experience I had recently.
  Synonyms
  whip, scourge, cat, thong, switch, birch, cane, stick
2. 1.2the lash Punishment in the form of a beating with a whip or rope.
  they were living under the threat of the lash
  Example sentencesExamples
  Masters served their slaves, accepting taunts and insults that would be punished by the lash or death any other time of year.
  Zhu Ke, the writer, said the substitution of the lash for crueler corporal punishments revealed a forward movement of civilization.
  A government official last year called for a return of the lash - the cat-o-nine-tails that takes off a quarter pound of flesh with each stroke.
  I think the latest from her is to bring back the lash.
  Bring back the lash, and thumbscrews and the oubliette.
  Outrages like the Thomas case make it a good deal more difficult for enlightened penal reformers like the Professor to get a fair hearing when they advocate bringing back the lash.
  His convicts were more useful to society as workers than as objects of penal punishment; the lash became an element in labour relations.
  Synonyms
  whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, switch, scourge, flagellum, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, thong, flail, strap, birch, cane
  historical knout
2usually lashesAn eyelash.
she fluttered her long dark lashes
Example sentencesExamples
- She stared at him through lowered lashes, her eyes dark.
- Her smoothly curling russet hair tumbled down her back, and beneath the white veil he saw her eyes, wide and brown, rimmed with thick, dark lashes.
- Julien had deep brown eyes outlined by dark lashes.
- She had creamy brown skin with dark lashes surrounding her almond shaped eyes.
- Her eyes show lack of sleep and care - makeup smudged to grey beneath her lower lashes, emphasising the dark shadows already growing there.
- Her lips are rosy and her lashes are long and dark.
- What is the etiquette when the eyes in question are big, and brown, and fringed with generous dark lashes?
- He examined the Patrician nose, the curve of her cheek, the dark lashes, the porcelain clarity of her olive toned skin, the cleavage revealed.
- He had light sky blue, angled eyes with dark lashes.
- The drawing of a woman with big eyes, dark lashes and tightly knotted hair, dressed in a ruffled frock and sporting a fan, gave it away.
- Speaking quietly, his huge chocolate-coloured eyes fringed by dark lashes, he looks the picture of peaceful, healthy youth.
- Long dark lashes fell gently onto her flushed cheeks.
- The dark lashes formed a contrast with her pale skin.
- Rosie was the most beautiful girl in the school in her eyes, with her naturally rosy cheeks, bright blue eyes with long, dark lashes, and a mouth that was not only gentle in shape but gentle with words as well.
- With dark brown eyes, long dark lashes, a flush mustache and auburn that curled at the nape of his neck, he wasn't altogether unpleasant to look at.
- He had curling auburn hair and light blue eyes framed by long dark lashes like her own, his eyes were crinkled slightly at the corners from a wide grin, that seemed almost too big for his face.
- He had brilliant gray eyes, fringed with long, dark lashes.
- If you want to really get girly, use an eyelash curler for lusher-looking lashes.
- There's nothing more ageing and unattractive than eyes framed by dark smudges or clogged lashes, so I've asked a couple of top make-up artists to share their secrets with us.
- She stood in front of the vanity and re-applied her rich, red colored lipstick, and long-lash mascara to her already long, dark lashes.

Phrases

be (or go) on the lash

informal Be engaged in (or go on) a heavy drinking session.
Example sentencesExamples
- It'll be some local youngster who's parents have given the money to have a good night on the lash.
- It can only be a matter of time he goes on the lash with Hitchens.
- I was on the lash in a pub which, for some reason, didn't have a bloody telly in it!
- Never mind, I thought, that means all the footballers will be in post-match relaxation mode and might be out on the lash.
- So I thought, fine, I'll treat myself to a night out on the lash tonight.
- Because drinks cost £ 5 or more and the city centre hasn't been taken over by anti-social neds on the lash from Happy Hour onwards.
- Too many estate agents on the lash, getting their photos taken for the social page.
- Stop perpetuating the idea that young women out on the lash and dressed in next to nothing are asking for it.
- He was out on the lash with a gang of workmates, boys from finance, getting the drinks in on the month's bonus.
- I can't these days anyway, I am too well known to get away with just going out on the lash.

have a lash at

Have an attempt at something.
he'd already had a lash at a number of sports
Example sentencesExamples
- They can smell competition in the wind, so thought they'd have a lash at getting new offshore customers before they start losing their own to Chinese competitors.
- The ball's swung out to the edge of the area on the left, where he decides to have a lash at goal.
- For all his failings, he was willing to let his teams have a lash at it.
- While developers have occasionally had a lash at very small Chess implementations, there's been little need to write very small versions of the game.
- Perhaps it's worth having a lash at rendering the local flora and fauna.
- There is reason right now to have a lash at overclocking if you've never done it before.
- The consumer group had a lash at "risky" lending practices.
- At long last, there is the opportunity for you to have a lash at driving a purpose built racing car round our local race circuit.
- Any politicians who say they wouldn't like to have a lash at a cabinet job shouldn't be in the Dáil.

Phrasal Verbs

lash down

(of rain) fall very heavily.
torrential rain was lashing down
Example sentencesExamples
- As the rain lashed down, the monarch, appropriately dressed in a fawn raincoat, used a transparent umbrella to stay dry.
- Rain has lashed down all day, saturating the lush landscape.
- But the rain was lashing down and we knew the only way to cheer ourselves up was to have some comfort food.
- But the rain lashing down did not dampen their spirits as they went in search of a goal to prolong their World Cup dream.
- When the rains began to lash down, the water just pooled.
- On Tuesday night, rain lashed down with rare ferocity.
- The rain was lashing down from the dark clouds over Wimbledon Common.
- Thunder rolled in the distance, the rain lashed down.
- The 12 th of November was bitterly cold with icy showers of rain lashing down over the City.
- The main problem was the rain, which lashed down at around 6.30 am.
Synonyms
pour, pour down, pelt down, tip down, teem down, beat down, sheet down, come down, come down in sheets, come down in torrents, rain cats and dogs

lash out

1Hit or kick out at someone or something.
the woman had lashed out in fear
Example sentencesExamples
- Aaron took a deep breath and figured that he had nothing to lose and lashed out with a kick aimed at the head of the nearest demon, followed up swiftly with a hook to the head of the other demon.
- As soon as she heard his heavy breathing, she lashed out, kicking anywhere and everywhere.
- They lashed out with a kick to Matt's stomach that sent him stumbling backward, and almost immediately launched a spin kick at his head.
- Jumping to my feet, I lashed out with a kick to the ribs, yet my foot went right through the apparition.
- Chase lashed out with another quick kick, and I was left to watch in horror as the song spun around for a backswing kick to Chase's head.
- She would attack anyone who went into her field, kicking, biting, lashing out and rearing and the more people tried to frighten her away, the worse she became.
- I lashed out, kicking at his shins, trying to scratch any area of skin that I could reach.
- Twice, Freddy lashes out by silently kicking a brick wall.
- The dude lashed out with a back kick which she dodged by jumping backwards.
- Aged about 12 or 13 years at most, the girl started screaming abuse, crying, lashing out with fists and kicking.
Synonyms
hit out, strike, let fly, take a swing
1. 1.1Attack someone verbally.
  in his speech, he lashed out at his enemies
  Example sentencesExamples
  There will be times when you or a protective family member want to lash out verbally at someone staring, but being abusive does not reflect well on you or your family and may leave you feeling frustrated, resentful, and bitter.
  Her surprise quickly turned to rage at him for scaring her half to death and she lashed out at him verbally.
  Executives would issue denials, lash out at critics, and rush someone to the offending supplier's factory to put out the fire before it spread.
  It frustrated her to a point where one day she had finally lashed out on him verbally, saying how his antics we're just driving her father and farther away from ever wanting to be with him again.
  Her voice dripped with sarcasm as she verbally lashed out.
  It certainly isn't the first time Logan has verbally lashed out at Ryan.
  He minced no words in lashing out at critics who charge the administration manipulated pre-war intelligence to justify going to war.
  I remember listening to this bitter old man lashing out against the smugness of the elites and the fact that they were sending all of the ideas the country had come to stand for down the drain.
  And I knew even if I verbally lashed out at him, Trey would still take it.
  Congressional critics today lashed out at the administration for failing to deal with the massive trade deficit with China.
  Synonyms
  criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, attack, condemn, denounce, lambaste, harangue, rant at, rail at, haul over the coals, fulminate against, pillory, let fly
2Spend money extravagantly.
I decided to lash out and treat myself
let's lash out on a taxi
Example sentencesExamples
- The other thing you both know is that, no matter how much you lash out on clothes, you'll lash out more on delicatessen.
- Anyway, if you're in Australia, find a vendor, have a chat and lash out on a three dollar copy of the Big Issue - because it rocks.
- I try to get my budgets right, but sometimes I just lash out the money and worry about balancing the books at a future date.
- Neither might it have been so quick to lash out €750,000 in goodbye money if it thought it was going to be answerable to shareholders.
- They are in no sense trying to blackmail parents into getting to the shops now to lash out large sums of money.
- I guess I must have been about 12 or 13 when I started getting pocket money on a regular basis, I started lashing out on Marvel and DC Comics.
Synonyms
spend lavishly, be extravagant, pay out, spend a lot of money

Derivatives

lasher

noun ˈlaʃəˈlæʃər

When I first began using the lasher it was to catch small roach, rudd and bream from the lakes at Longleat in Wiltshire whilst on holiday.

lashless

adjective

They have brownish fur; large, dark, lashless eyes; short, bare ears; and a large, wet nose pad, like a pencil eraser on the tip of a long muzzle.
Example sentencesExamples
- Salvador Dali, for instance, praised ‘the anaesthetic stare of the extremely clear eye - the lashless eye of Zeiss.’
- That summer his brown, very round, almost lashless eyes were barely able to contain some deep reservoir of feeling.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'make a sudden movement'): probably imitative.

Rhymes

abash, ash, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, calash, cash, clash, crash, dash, encash, flash, gnash, hash, mash, Nash, panache, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, soutache, splash, stash, thrash, trash

Definition of lash in US English:

lash

verblaSHlæʃ

[with object]

1Strike (someone) with a whip or stick.
they lashed him repeatedly about the head
Example sentencesExamples
- On another occasion he attacked a journalist who had given him a bad review, bursting into his office and lashing him with a bullwhip.
- Katie's mother screamed, pulling the whip back to lash Katie.
- Under six years of Islamic fundamentalist rule, Qadratullah was lashed for failing to grow a beard and his wife was beaten for not wearing the all-enveloping burqa.
- This girl wasn't carrying purse or mobile, so to teach her a lesson, the motorbike riders brutally lashed her across the back with a leather belt when going past!
- Anything less than that could result in a whipping, and no one wanted to be bent over the knee of old Grandfather Windom and be lashed with his belt at the age of eighteen.
- We wanted these manipulative girls and violent boys to be unwashed for a year, unfed for a month, to be lashed, strapped, coshed and whacked.
- He lashes Tom across the face with a cowhide and strikes him several times, then asks Tom again if he will do it.
- In one instance, they entered a student dormitory brandishing clubs and lashing students with chains.
- Women have been lashed for not being properly clothed - for wearing thin socks or brightly coloured shoes - and jailed for speaking to men on the streets.
- He was forced to farm Arab fields, tied at night, beaten and lashed with a whip for about a year.
- He still looked as though he'd been lashed by a whip, and he was sitting motionless behind the front desk.
- Lauren ignored him and picked up a whip, lashing him again and again until he opened a wound that went to bone.
- And we had a couple of Brothers who were pretty generous in lashing us with a cane.
- When he was lashing me with his whip, it hurt a lot.
- I quickly went to see what the commotion was about and saw that my teacher was soundly lashing a young boy, stripped naked and wrists bound to a column so that he wouldn't escape.
Synonyms
whip, flog, beat, thrash, horsewhip, scourge, birch, switch, flay, belt, strap, cane, leather
1. 1.1 Beat forcefully against (something)
  waves lashed the coast
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hurricane Dean has been upgraded to a category-five storm as it begins lashing the coast of northern Mexico with winds exceeding 150 mph.
  And speaking of mud, the festival mercifully escaped the rain that was lashing York.
  Flood hell… gale-force winds lashed the reservoir by the top of Blackstone Edge during a fierce storm in 1974, with nearly an inch of rain falling over the weekend.
  The heavy rains lashing the City since Saturday have left a wide swathe of death and destruction.
  As a biting wind lashed Kirkgate and the rain fell from a grey, overcast sky, ordinary people thankful for the extraordinary courage of their police joined officers to pay their respects.
  Hurricane Emily will be lashing us with rain about the time that I should be doing my Pilates class tomorrow.
  Nearly 100 trees were uprooted and branches of over 800 trees were severed due to gusty winds and heavy rains that lashed the City recently.
  The next item of excitement was the sudden rain that lashed the Montreal circuit.
  Richard walks along a barren Irish coast in the rain, waves lashing against his long black coat!
  Meanwhile the city saw the usual chaos on the streets as rains lashed the Capital.
  Officials are warning of flash floods and mud slides, and the outer bands of Ivan are lashing Jamaica with torrential rain and huge waves.
  Gales and rain lashed Bolton over the weekend, leaving householders with repair bills running into thousands of pounds.
  Forecasters said it would lash the shores with strong winds, up to 10 inches of rain and waves up to 20 feet.
  Despite gale force winds lashing the Oaks complex on Sunday weights were still well spread around the 64-field on Cedar Lake.
  Those winds will whip or lash coastal communities and batter barrier islands along the mid-Atlantic.
  Wilma lashed Key West with 120-mile-an-hour winds for two hours and left much of the island under more than three feet of water.
  The gloomy picture emerged as heavy rain lashed the UK and isolated areas in parts of the country were warned to expect flooding.
  In neighbouring Botswana torrential rains that have lashed the southern, central and eastern parts of the country are now moving towards tourist destinations in the west.
  Rita is expected to become a hurricane before lashing the Keys sometime tomorrow and then power its way into the Gulf of Mexico.
  And then, Hurricane Ivan has lashed the Caribbean.
  Synonyms
  beat against, dash against, crash against, pound, batter, buffet, smack against, strike, hit, knock
2. 1.2lash someone into Drive someone into (a particular state or condition)
  fear lashed him into a frenzy
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it proved nothing more than a false note as they were lashed into submission by the boundary-belting cyclone that is Kevin Pietersen.
  From the moment Zurawski lashed them into the lead in the 13 th minute, they were not in the remotest danger of dropping points, a fact that was not lost on the Aberdeen manager, Jimmy Calderwood.
  Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might?
  Synonyms
  provoke, incite, arouse, excite, agitate, stir up, whip up, work up, egg on, goad
2(of an animal) move (a part of the body, especially the tail) quickly and violently.
the cat was lashing its tail back and forth
Example sentencesExamples
- Jinx kept pacing, lashing his tail in agitation, and Elanor's eyes followed him wherever he went, though her head was frozen in place.
- The small dragon was sitting on the bed and lashing her tail as if she was infuriated.
- The salamander lashed its tail like a whip and vanished.
- The Brawlers scowled viciously at the stationary pair as they sped forward, their serpents lashing their tails and hissing.
- With that, Jinx waved desperately and lashed his tail and laid his ears back in a picture of agitation.
- But as quick as he had lashed his tail out he sprung it forward toward Victor.
- He lashed his tail from side to side, as he closed his eyes and took off blindly.
- Jinx realized with a shock that he was still in a predatory, feline crouch, lashing his tail agitatedly, the claws on his feet digging into the dirt.
- Shishi snarled and lashed her tail with frustration.
- He was behind me, still lashing his tail worriedly.
- Then she lashed her tail around and commenced preening it.
- As much as we like to imagine sauropods stamping their feet and lashing their tails to drive off the vicious theropod predators, the scenario is unlikely for a simple reason.
Synonyms
swish, flick, twitch, switch, whip, wave, wag
1. 2.1no object (of a part of the body) move quickly and violently.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now she was pacing on the shore, stepping awkwardly on the rocks while her tail lashed furiously.
  Ron's fist lashed up into Jim's side, causing him to lean forward enough that Ron was able to drive his head into Jim's face.
  His tail lashed, once, violently, but his gaze did not drop or turn away.
  He cracked a grin, but was shocked when Kate's other hand suddenly lashed across, smacking him in the side of the face.
  Tail lashing furiously, Kobi stood in the same spot for a moment more.
  My ears were down, my tail lashing in anger.
  Nogar snapped back, his tail lashing furiously.
  His tail is lashing wildly, as he eyes me coldly with a predatory stare, and snarls loudly.
  Then it moved towards the exit from the chamber, tail lashing and legs growing firmer and firmer the faster it walked.
  Her shadow flickered across the wall behind her, tail lashing in disquiet, inhuman muscles shifting as she moved.
  His great tail lashed out in fury, destroying the great eastern tower.
  My tail lashed from side to side as I began to feel the hunger and bloodlust of the panther rise to meet my own senses.
  Kobi was practically hissing at this point, his tail lashing furiously behind him.
3Fasten (something) securely with a cord or rope.
the hatch was securely lashed down
he lashed the flag to the mast
Example sentencesExamples
- His wrists ached as the rough rope cut into them and even his ankles were lashed together tightly with no room to spare.
- Larger beams can be ‘stressed’ by lashing them with heavy chains.
- Ryan lashes the board down, outside his beach hut in Obama.
- Kate nodded and quickly saddled her mare and lashed her pack securely onto the saddle.
- On the way they were forced to step over several supply crates, moved to create extra accommodation spaces, which had been lashed to the deck and covered with floorboards.
- She thrashed around sending the flows everywhere, before they suddenly loosened and disappeared into thin air but there were to many of them and they overwhelmed her, lashing her feet to the earth and binding her arms.
- Reed did a bit of quick carpentry to repair the breaks, lashing them back together with something the Vikings could have used, duct tape.
- I knew it was coming to rescue us so I took down the sail and mast, took up the centerboard and brought in the rudder and lashed it all secure.
- The rope was lashed to a wooden beam propping up the craft's skeleton in a manner meant to evoke the contraptions that Chinese children use to catch birds.
- With much heaving and sweating, and a few choice cuss words, he got it wedged up under the axle, and, with the rope from his saddle, he lashed it securely in place.
- As the sun sets, Saranne, David, and I stop in a patch of shorter grass, lashing our canoes together and laying plywood boards over them.
- Two backboards were lashed together, and he was secured to them.
- He tied the man to the driver seat using some rope in the glove compartment and lashed his hands to the steering wheel.
- They were propped up in the crotch of two sticks that were lashed together with a car battery attached to their primers.
- Alec Danfoss, who farmed land not a kilometre from Karsten had placed his children, Jenny and Julia the six year old twins, and their eight year tainted brother Randall, into his dingy and lashed it to the back of his ox cart.
- Owing to the steep slope of Quebec roofs, the men must lash themselves to the chimney pots to move about.
- But alas, they got into a massive storm; he lashed her to the mast so that she wouldn't be thrown overboard.
- She found the lack of a table very frustrating, and she eventually made her own one by lashing together a door frame and pieces of bamboo.
- Kay called, and within a matter of seconds the two vessels were lashed together.
Synonyms
fasten, bind, tie, tie up, tether, hitch, attach, knot, rope, strap, leash, truss, fetter, make fast, secure

nounlaSHlæʃ

1A sharp blow or stroke with a whip or rope, typically given as a form of punishment.
he was sentenced to fifty lashes for his crime
figurative she felt the lash of my tongue
Example sentencesExamples
- No one was ever sentenced to 500 lashes for anything during the period of the rightly guided caliphs.
- Foreigners unfamiliar with local customs often find themselves tied to a post and receiving fifty lashes.
- But, as it was a national holiday, the Sheikh decided they should be released after receiving 20 lashes of the whip.
- For lesbian conduct the penalty is 100 lashes from a whip.
- It only lasted 10 lashes before the whip went through.
- But the court clerk who read out the official sentence told reporters none of the accused had been sentenced to lashes.
- In support of his case, the elder of the two men claimed he'd been sentenced to 300 lashes and sacked from his job after raping several young men at his workplace.
- The continuous running is hard on the hobbits, but the orcs persuade them with lashes from a whip.
- As a result he received thirty-nine lashes for a crime for which many were transported or executed.
- Sancho resigns himself and agrees to the task on the condition that he is not required to draw blood with these whippings and that gentle lashes count too.
- Ten lashes of the stock whip got the message across to me.
- Even asking questions in class warranted a lash of the whip.
- Later that day during roll call, Elie's number is called and he is given twenty-five lashes of the whip.
- She gave birth when aged nine and was sentenced to 100 lashes for prostitution at about the same time.
- Two popular soccer players were sentenced to 170 lashes last month after they were arrested at a brothel.
- I circled in the air, taunting her with lashes from my whip.
- The young man who was arrested with her was sentenced to 100 lashes and allowed to go free afterwards.
- Women, as well as their accomplices, found guilty of this crime received fifty lashes.
- She had received thirty lashes and a blow to the face.
- I hereby sentence you, not to death, but to thirty lashes of the whip.
Synonyms
stroke, blow, hit, strike, welt, bang, thwack, thump
1. 1.1 The flexible leather part of a whip, used for administering lashes.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A single lash emerged from the ebony handle, but it had been wickedly inlaid with tiny adamantine barbs.
  Now before you sneer and condemn me to 1,000 strokes of the lash, let me tell you about a little experience I had recently.
  My fingers are still dripping wet, but the handle to the lash is gripped to prevent it from slipping free from my slick, white scales.
  I looked up as he came closer, but Andreus coiled up the lash into a plaited leather loop and hit me across the back of the neck with it, forcing my eyes back down.
  His voice was cool and Andreus raised the lash again threateningly, but was ordered to lower it.
  It is not frail and infirm, it is a fighting machine. Entrenched in filth in the centre of the aisle it will without warning extend its wooden lash and administer a swift but excruciating rap to the back of the legs.
  A lash, also of flax, was then attached and the whip was finished.
  Synonyms
  whip, scourge, cat, thong, switch, birch, cane, stick
2. 1.2the lash Punishment in the form of a beating with a whip or rope.
  they were living under the threat of the lash
  Example sentencesExamples
  His convicts were more useful to society as workers than as objects of penal punishment; the lash became an element in labour relations.
  Masters served their slaves, accepting taunts and insults that would be punished by the lash or death any other time of year.
  Outrages like the Thomas case make it a good deal more difficult for enlightened penal reformers like the Professor to get a fair hearing when they advocate bringing back the lash.
  Bring back the lash, and thumbscrews and the oubliette.
  Zhu Ke, the writer, said the substitution of the lash for crueler corporal punishments revealed a forward movement of civilization.
  A government official last year called for a return of the lash - the cat-o-nine-tails that takes off a quarter pound of flesh with each stroke.
  I think the latest from her is to bring back the lash.
  Synonyms
  whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, switch, scourge, flagellum, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, thong, flail, strap, birch, cane
2usually lashesAn eyelash.
she fluttered her long dark lashes
Example sentencesExamples
- She stood in front of the vanity and re-applied her rich, red colored lipstick, and long-lash mascara to her already long, dark lashes.
- Her lips are rosy and her lashes are long and dark.
- The drawing of a woman with big eyes, dark lashes and tightly knotted hair, dressed in a ruffled frock and sporting a fan, gave it away.
- Speaking quietly, his huge chocolate-coloured eyes fringed by dark lashes, he looks the picture of peaceful, healthy youth.
- If you want to really get girly, use an eyelash curler for lusher-looking lashes.
- Her eyes show lack of sleep and care - makeup smudged to grey beneath her lower lashes, emphasising the dark shadows already growing there.
- Long dark lashes fell gently onto her flushed cheeks.
- She stared at him through lowered lashes, her eyes dark.
- What is the etiquette when the eyes in question are big, and brown, and fringed with generous dark lashes?
- She had creamy brown skin with dark lashes surrounding her almond shaped eyes.
- He had brilliant gray eyes, fringed with long, dark lashes.
- He examined the Patrician nose, the curve of her cheek, the dark lashes, the porcelain clarity of her olive toned skin, the cleavage revealed.
- There's nothing more ageing and unattractive than eyes framed by dark smudges or clogged lashes, so I've asked a couple of top make-up artists to share their secrets with us.
- He had light sky blue, angled eyes with dark lashes.
- He had curling auburn hair and light blue eyes framed by long dark lashes like her own, his eyes were crinkled slightly at the corners from a wide grin, that seemed almost too big for his face.
- Her smoothly curling russet hair tumbled down her back, and beneath the white veil he saw her eyes, wide and brown, rimmed with thick, dark lashes.
- Julien had deep brown eyes outlined by dark lashes.
- Rosie was the most beautiful girl in the school in her eyes, with her naturally rosy cheeks, bright blue eyes with long, dark lashes, and a mouth that was not only gentle in shape but gentle with words as well.
- The dark lashes formed a contrast with her pale skin.
- With dark brown eyes, long dark lashes, a flush mustache and auburn that curled at the nape of his neck, he wasn't altogether unpleasant to look at.

Phrasal Verbs

lash down

(of rain) fall very heavily.
torrential rain was lashing down
Example sentencesExamples
- But the rain lashing down did not dampen their spirits as they went in search of a goal to prolong their World Cup dream.
- As the rain lashed down, the monarch, appropriately dressed in a fawn raincoat, used a transparent umbrella to stay dry.
- Rain has lashed down all day, saturating the lush landscape.
- When the rains began to lash down, the water just pooled.
- On Tuesday night, rain lashed down with rare ferocity.
- The main problem was the rain, which lashed down at around 6.30 am.
- The rain was lashing down from the dark clouds over Wimbledon Common.
- The 12 th of November was bitterly cold with icy showers of rain lashing down over the City.
- Thunder rolled in the distance, the rain lashed down.
- But the rain was lashing down and we knew the only way to cheer ourselves up was to have some comfort food.
Synonyms
pour, pour down, pelt down, tip down, teem down, beat down, sheet down, come down, come down in sheets, come down in torrents, rain cats and dogs

lash out

1Hit or kick out at someone or something.
sticks with which to lash out and strike the prisoner
Example sentencesExamples
- They lashed out with a kick to Matt's stomach that sent him stumbling backward, and almost immediately launched a spin kick at his head.
- Aged about 12 or 13 years at most, the girl started screaming abuse, crying, lashing out with fists and kicking.
- I lashed out, kicking at his shins, trying to scratch any area of skin that I could reach.
- The dude lashed out with a back kick which she dodged by jumping backwards.
- Chase lashed out with another quick kick, and I was left to watch in horror as the song spun around for a backswing kick to Chase's head.
- Aaron took a deep breath and figured that he had nothing to lose and lashed out with a kick aimed at the head of the nearest demon, followed up swiftly with a hook to the head of the other demon.
- Jumping to my feet, I lashed out with a kick to the ribs, yet my foot went right through the apparition.
- Twice, Freddy lashes out by silently kicking a brick wall.
- She would attack anyone who went into her field, kicking, biting, lashing out and rearing and the more people tried to frighten her away, the worse she became.
- As soon as she heard his heavy breathing, she lashed out, kicking anywhere and everywhere.
Synonyms
hit out, strike, let fly, take a swing
1. 1.1Attack someone verbally.
  he used his thank-you speech to lash out at critics
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her surprise quickly turned to rage at him for scaring her half to death and she lashed out at him verbally.
  Congressional critics today lashed out at the administration for failing to deal with the massive trade deficit with China.
  He minced no words in lashing out at critics who charge the administration manipulated pre-war intelligence to justify going to war.
  It certainly isn't the first time Logan has verbally lashed out at Ryan.
  And I knew even if I verbally lashed out at him, Trey would still take it.
  Her voice dripped with sarcasm as she verbally lashed out.
  Executives would issue denials, lash out at critics, and rush someone to the offending supplier's factory to put out the fire before it spread.
  It frustrated her to a point where one day she had finally lashed out on him verbally, saying how his antics we're just driving her father and farther away from ever wanting to be with him again.
  There will be times when you or a protective family member want to lash out verbally at someone staring, but being abusive does not reflect well on you or your family and may leave you feeling frustrated, resentful, and bitter.
  I remember listening to this bitter old man lashing out against the smugness of the elites and the fact that they were sending all of the ideas the country had come to stand for down the drain.
  Synonyms
  criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, attack, condemn, denounce, lambaste, harangue, rant at, rail at, haul over the coals, fulminate against, pillory, let fly
2Spend money extravagantly.
let's lash out on a taxi
Example sentencesExamples
- Neither might it have been so quick to lash out €750,000 in goodbye money if it thought it was going to be answerable to shareholders.
- I try to get my budgets right, but sometimes I just lash out the money and worry about balancing the books at a future date.
- They are in no sense trying to blackmail parents into getting to the shops now to lash out large sums of money.
- The other thing you both know is that, no matter how much you lash out on clothes, you'll lash out more on delicatessen.
- Anyway, if you're in Australia, find a vendor, have a chat and lash out on a three dollar copy of the Big Issue - because it rocks.
- I guess I must have been about 12 or 13 when I started getting pocket money on a regular basis, I started lashing out on Marvel and DC Comics.
Synonyms
spend lavishly, be extravagant, pay out, spend a lot of money

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘make a sudden movement’): probably imitative.

单词	lash
释义	Definition of lash in English: lash verb laʃlæʃ 1with object Strike or beat with a whip or stick. they lashed him repeatedly about the head Example sentencesExamples Under six years of Islamic fundamentalist rule, Qadratullah was lashed for failing to grow a beard and his wife was beaten for not wearing the all-enveloping burqa. He lashes Tom across the face with a cowhide and strikes him several times, then asks Tom again if he will do it. He still looked as though he'd been lashed by a whip, and he was sitting motionless behind the front desk. Anything less than that could result in a whipping, and no one wanted to be bent over the knee of old Grandfather Windom and be lashed with his belt at the age of eighteen. This girl wasn't carrying purse or mobile, so to teach her a lesson, the motorbike riders brutally lashed her across the back with a leather belt when going past! Katie's mother screamed, pulling the whip back to lash Katie. On another occasion he attacked a journalist who had given him a bad review, bursting into his office and lashing him with a bullwhip. Lauren ignored him and picked up a whip, lashing him again and again until he opened a wound that went to bone. I quickly went to see what the commotion was about and saw that my teacher was soundly lashing a young boy, stripped naked and wrists bound to a column so that he wouldn't escape. Women have been lashed for not being properly clothed - for wearing thin socks or brightly coloured shoes - and jailed for speaking to men on the streets. And we had a couple of Brothers who were pretty generous in lashing us with a cane. He was forced to farm Arab fields, tied at night, beaten and lashed with a whip for about a year. When he was lashing me with his whip, it hurt a lot. In one instance, they entered a student dormitory brandishing clubs and lashing students with chains. We wanted these manipulative girls and violent boys to be unwashed for a year, unfed for a month, to be lashed, strapped, coshed and whacked. Synonyms whip, flog, beat, thrash, horsewhip, scourge, birch, switch, flay, belt, strap, cane, leather strike, hit, clout, batter, welt, hammer, pummel, belabour informal wallop, whack, lam, tan someone's hide, give someone a (good) hiding, larrup North American informal whale archaic smite, stripe, flagellate 1.1 Beat forcefully against. waves lashed the coast Example sentencesExamples The heavy rains lashing the City since Saturday have left a wide swathe of death and destruction. Nearly 100 trees were uprooted and branches of over 800 trees were severed due to gusty winds and heavy rains that lashed the City recently. And then, Hurricane Ivan has lashed the Caribbean. In neighbouring Botswana torrential rains that have lashed the southern, central and eastern parts of the country are now moving towards tourist destinations in the west. Meanwhile the city saw the usual chaos on the streets as rains lashed the Capital. Despite gale force winds lashing the Oaks complex on Sunday weights were still well spread around the 64-field on Cedar Lake. Flood hell… gale-force winds lashed the reservoir by the top of Blackstone Edge during a fierce storm in 1974, with nearly an inch of rain falling over the weekend. Those winds will whip or lash coastal communities and batter barrier islands along the mid-Atlantic. The next item of excitement was the sudden rain that lashed the Montreal circuit. Richard walks along a barren Irish coast in the rain, waves lashing against his long black coat! Gales and rain lashed Bolton over the weekend, leaving householders with repair bills running into thousands of pounds. Forecasters said it would lash the shores with strong winds, up to 10 inches of rain and waves up to 20 feet. Wilma lashed Key West with 120-mile-an-hour winds for two hours and left much of the island under more than three feet of water. Hurricane Emily will be lashing us with rain about the time that I should be doing my Pilates class tomorrow. Officials are warning of flash floods and mud slides, and the outer bands of Ivan are lashing Jamaica with torrential rain and huge waves. As a biting wind lashed Kirkgate and the rain fell from a grey, overcast sky, ordinary people thankful for the extraordinary courage of their police joined officers to pay their respects. Rita is expected to become a hurricane before lashing the Keys sometime tomorrow and then power its way into the Gulf of Mexico. And speaking of mud, the festival mercifully escaped the rain that was lashing York. The gloomy picture emerged as heavy rain lashed the UK and isolated areas in parts of the country were warned to expect flooding. Hurricane Dean has been upgraded to a category-five storm as it begins lashing the coast of northern Mexico with winds exceeding 150 mph. Synonyms beat against, dash against, crash against, pound, batter, buffet, smack against, strike, hit, knock 1.2lash someone into Drive someone into (a particular state or condition) fear lashed him into a frenzy Example sentencesExamples But it proved nothing more than a false note as they were lashed into submission by the boundary-belting cyclone that is Kevin Pietersen. Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? From the moment Zurawski lashed them into the lead in the 13 th minute, they were not in the remotest danger of dropping points, a fact that was not lost on the Aberdeen manager, Jimmy Calderwood. Synonyms provoke, incite, arouse, excite, agitate, stir up, whip up, work up, egg on, goad 2with object (of an animal) move (a part of the body, especially the tail) quickly and violently. the cat was lashing its tail back and forth Example sentencesExamples As much as we like to imagine sauropods stamping their feet and lashing their tails to drive off the vicious theropod predators, the scenario is unlikely for a simple reason. He lashed his tail from side to side, as he closed his eyes and took off blindly. The Brawlers scowled viciously at the stationary pair as they sped forward, their serpents lashing their tails and hissing. But as quick as he had lashed his tail out he sprung it forward toward Victor. Shishi snarled and lashed her tail with frustration. Jinx kept pacing, lashing his tail in agitation, and Elanor's eyes followed him wherever he went, though her head was frozen in place. The salamander lashed its tail like a whip and vanished. Then she lashed her tail around and commenced preening it. Jinx realized with a shock that he was still in a predatory, feline crouch, lashing his tail agitatedly, the claws on his feet digging into the dirt. He was behind me, still lashing his tail worriedly. With that, Jinx waved desperately and lashed his tail and laid his ears back in a picture of agitation. The small dragon was sitting on the bed and lashing her tail as if she was infuriated. Synonyms swish, flick, twitch, switch, whip, wave, wag 2.1no object (of a part of an animal's body) move quickly and violently. the cat's tail lashed furiously from side to side Example sentencesExamples My ears were down, my tail lashing in anger. Then it moved towards the exit from the chamber, tail lashing and legs growing firmer and firmer the faster it walked. My tail lashed from side to side as I began to feel the hunger and bloodlust of the panther rise to meet my own senses. Her shadow flickered across the wall behind her, tail lashing in disquiet, inhuman muscles shifting as she moved. His great tail lashed out in fury, destroying the great eastern tower. Kobi was practically hissing at this point, his tail lashing furiously behind him. Now she was pacing on the shore, stepping awkwardly on the rocks while her tail lashed furiously. Nogar snapped back, his tail lashing furiously. Ron's fist lashed up into Jim's side, causing him to lean forward enough that Ron was able to drive his head into Jim's face. His tail is lashing wildly, as he eyes me coldly with a predatory stare, and snarls loudly. Tail lashing furiously, Kobi stood in the same spot for a moment more. He cracked a grin, but was shocked when Kate's other hand suddenly lashed across, smacking him in the side of the face. His tail lashed, once, violently, but his gaze did not drop or turn away. 3with object and adverbial Fasten (something) securely with a cord or rope. the hatch was securely lashed down he lashed the flag to the mast Example sentencesExamples Two backboards were lashed together, and he was secured to them. He tied the man to the driver seat using some rope in the glove compartment and lashed his hands to the steering wheel. Alec Danfoss, who farmed land not a kilometre from Karsten had placed his children, Jenny and Julia the six year old twins, and their eight year tainted brother Randall, into his dingy and lashed it to the back of his ox cart. As the sun sets, Saranne, David, and I stop in a patch of shorter grass, lashing our canoes together and laying plywood boards over them. I knew it was coming to rescue us so I took down the sail and mast, took up the centerboard and brought in the rudder and lashed it all secure. On the way they were forced to step over several supply crates, moved to create extra accommodation spaces, which had been lashed to the deck and covered with floorboards. Larger beams can be ‘stressed’ by lashing them with heavy chains. His wrists ached as the rough rope cut into them and even his ankles were lashed together tightly with no room to spare. Kay called, and within a matter of seconds the two vessels were lashed together. With much heaving and sweating, and a few choice cuss words, he got it wedged up under the axle, and, with the rope from his saddle, he lashed it securely in place. Owing to the steep slope of Quebec roofs, the men must lash themselves to the chimney pots to move about. But alas, they got into a massive storm; he lashed her to the mast so that she wouldn't be thrown overboard. They were propped up in the crotch of two sticks that were lashed together with a car battery attached to their primers. Ryan lashes the board down, outside his beach hut in Obama. Reed did a bit of quick carpentry to repair the breaks, lashing them back together with something the Vikings could have used, duct tape. She thrashed around sending the flows everywhere, before they suddenly loosened and disappeared into thin air but there were to many of them and they overwhelmed her, lashing her feet to the earth and binding her arms. Kate nodded and quickly saddled her mare and lashed her pack securely onto the saddle. She found the lack of a table very frustrating, and she eventually made her own one by lashing together a door frame and pieces of bamboo. The rope was lashed to a wooden beam propping up the craft's skeleton in a manner meant to evoke the contraptions that Chinese children use to catch birds. Synonyms fasten, bind, tie, tie up, tether, hitch, attach, knot, rope, strap, leash, truss, fetter, make fast, secure chain, pinion, join, connect, couple noun laʃlæʃ 1A sharp blow or stroke with a whip or rope. he was sentenced to fifty lashes for his crime figurative she felt the lash of my tongue Example sentencesExamples But, as it was a national holiday, the Sheikh decided they should be released after receiving 20 lashes of the whip. As a result he received thirty-nine lashes for a crime for which many were transported or executed. Two popular soccer players were sentenced to 170 lashes last month after they were arrested at a brothel. The continuous running is hard on the hobbits, but the orcs persuade them with lashes from a whip. Ten lashes of the stock whip got the message across to me. In support of his case, the elder of the two men claimed he'd been sentenced to 300 lashes and sacked from his job after raping several young men at his workplace. For lesbian conduct the penalty is 100 lashes from a whip. I circled in the air, taunting her with lashes from my whip. The young man who was arrested with her was sentenced to 100 lashes and allowed to go free afterwards. Women, as well as their accomplices, found guilty of this crime received fifty lashes. But the court clerk who read out the official sentence told reporters none of the accused had been sentenced to lashes. Foreigners unfamiliar with local customs often find themselves tied to a post and receiving fifty lashes. She gave birth when aged nine and was sentenced to 100 lashes for prostitution at about the same time. No one was ever sentenced to 500 lashes for anything during the period of the rightly guided caliphs. Even asking questions in class warranted a lash of the whip. She had received thirty lashes and a blow to the face. Later that day during roll call, Elie's number is called and he is given twenty-five lashes of the whip. I hereby sentence you, not to death, but to thirty lashes of the whip. Sancho resigns himself and agrees to the task on the condition that he is not required to draw blood with these whippings and that gentle lashes count too. It only lasted 10 lashes before the whip went through. Synonyms stroke, blow, hit, strike, welt, bang, thwack, thump informal swipe, wallop, whack archaic stripe 1.1 The flexible leather part of a whip, used for administering blows. he brought the lash down upon the prisoner's back Example sentencesExamples A single lash emerged from the ebony handle, but it had been wickedly inlaid with tiny adamantine barbs. It is not frail and infirm, it is a fighting machine. Entrenched in filth in the centre of the aisle it will without warning extend its wooden lash and administer a swift but excruciating rap to the back of the legs. His voice was cool and Andreus raised the lash again threateningly, but was ordered to lower it. A lash, also of flax, was then attached and the whip was finished. I looked up as he came closer, but Andreus coiled up the lash into a plaited leather loop and hit me across the back of the neck with it, forcing my eyes back down. My fingers are still dripping wet, but the handle to the lash is gripped to prevent it from slipping free from my slick, white scales. Now before you sneer and condemn me to 1,000 strokes of the lash, let me tell you about a little experience I had recently. Synonyms whip, scourge, cat, thong, switch, birch, cane, stick 1.2the lash Punishment in the form of a beating with a whip or rope. they were living under the threat of the lash Example sentencesExamples Masters served their slaves, accepting taunts and insults that would be punished by the lash or death any other time of year. Zhu Ke, the writer, said the substitution of the lash for crueler corporal punishments revealed a forward movement of civilization. A government official last year called for a return of the lash - the cat-o-nine-tails that takes off a quarter pound of flesh with each stroke. I think the latest from her is to bring back the lash. Bring back the lash, and thumbscrews and the oubliette. Outrages like the Thomas case make it a good deal more difficult for enlightened penal reformers like the Professor to get a fair hearing when they advocate bringing back the lash. His convicts were more useful to society as workers than as objects of penal punishment; the lash became an element in labour relations. Synonyms whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, switch, scourge, flagellum, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, thong, flail, strap, birch, cane historical knout 2usually lashesAn eyelash. she fluttered her long dark lashes Example sentencesExamples She stared at him through lowered lashes, her eyes dark. Her smoothly curling russet hair tumbled down her back, and beneath the white veil he saw her eyes, wide and brown, rimmed with thick, dark lashes. Julien had deep brown eyes outlined by dark lashes. She had creamy brown skin with dark lashes surrounding her almond shaped eyes. Her eyes show lack of sleep and care - makeup smudged to grey beneath her lower lashes, emphasising the dark shadows already growing there. Her lips are rosy and her lashes are long and dark. What is the etiquette when the eyes in question are big, and brown, and fringed with generous dark lashes? He examined the Patrician nose, the curve of her cheek, the dark lashes, the porcelain clarity of her olive toned skin, the cleavage revealed. He had light sky blue, angled eyes with dark lashes. The drawing of a woman with big eyes, dark lashes and tightly knotted hair, dressed in a ruffled frock and sporting a fan, gave it away. Speaking quietly, his huge chocolate-coloured eyes fringed by dark lashes, he looks the picture of peaceful, healthy youth. Long dark lashes fell gently onto her flushed cheeks. The dark lashes formed a contrast with her pale skin. Rosie was the most beautiful girl in the school in her eyes, with her naturally rosy cheeks, bright blue eyes with long, dark lashes, and a mouth that was not only gentle in shape but gentle with words as well. With dark brown eyes, long dark lashes, a flush mustache and auburn that curled at the nape of his neck, he wasn't altogether unpleasant to look at. He had curling auburn hair and light blue eyes framed by long dark lashes like her own, his eyes were crinkled slightly at the corners from a wide grin, that seemed almost too big for his face. He had brilliant gray eyes, fringed with long, dark lashes. If you want to really get girly, use an eyelash curler for lusher-looking lashes. There's nothing more ageing and unattractive than eyes framed by dark smudges or clogged lashes, so I've asked a couple of top make-up artists to share their secrets with us. She stood in front of the vanity and re-applied her rich, red colored lipstick, and long-lash mascara to her already long, dark lashes. Phrases be (or go) on the lash informal Be engaged in (or go on) a heavy drinking session. Example sentencesExamples It'll be some local youngster who's parents have given the money to have a good night on the lash. It can only be a matter of time he goes on the lash with Hitchens. I was on the lash in a pub which, for some reason, didn't have a bloody telly in it! Never mind, I thought, that means all the footballers will be in post-match relaxation mode and might be out on the lash. So I thought, fine, I'll treat myself to a night out on the lash tonight. Because drinks cost £ 5 or more and the city centre hasn't been taken over by anti-social neds on the lash from Happy Hour onwards. Too many estate agents on the lash, getting their photos taken for the social page. Stop perpetuating the idea that young women out on the lash and dressed in next to nothing are asking for it. He was out on the lash with a gang of workmates, boys from finance, getting the drinks in on the month's bonus. I can't these days anyway, I am too well known to get away with just going out on the lash. have a lash at Have an attempt at something. he'd already had a lash at a number of sports Example sentencesExamples They can smell competition in the wind, so thought they'd have a lash at getting new offshore customers before they start losing their own to Chinese competitors. The ball's swung out to the edge of the area on the left, where he decides to have a lash at goal. For all his failings, he was willing to let his teams have a lash at it. While developers have occasionally had a lash at very small Chess implementations, there's been little need to write very small versions of the game. Perhaps it's worth having a lash at rendering the local flora and fauna. There is reason right now to have a lash at overclocking if you've never done it before. The consumer group had a lash at "risky" lending practices. At long last, there is the opportunity for you to have a lash at driving a purpose built racing car round our local race circuit. Any politicians who say they wouldn't like to have a lash at a cabinet job shouldn't be in the Dáil. Phrasal Verbs lash down (of rain) fall very heavily. torrential rain was lashing down Example sentencesExamples As the rain lashed down, the monarch, appropriately dressed in a fawn raincoat, used a transparent umbrella to stay dry. Rain has lashed down all day, saturating the lush landscape. But the rain was lashing down and we knew the only way to cheer ourselves up was to have some comfort food. But the rain lashing down did not dampen their spirits as they went in search of a goal to prolong their World Cup dream. When the rains began to lash down, the water just pooled. On Tuesday night, rain lashed down with rare ferocity. The rain was lashing down from the dark clouds over Wimbledon Common. Thunder rolled in the distance, the rain lashed down. The 12 th of November was bitterly cold with icy showers of rain lashing down over the City. The main problem was the rain, which lashed down at around 6.30 am. Synonyms pour, pour down, pelt down, tip down, teem down, beat down, sheet down, come down, come down in sheets, come down in torrents, rain cats and dogs lash out 1Hit or kick out at someone or something. the woman had lashed out in fear Example sentencesExamples Aaron took a deep breath and figured that he had nothing to lose and lashed out with a kick aimed at the head of the nearest demon, followed up swiftly with a hook to the head of the other demon. As soon as she heard his heavy breathing, she lashed out, kicking anywhere and everywhere. They lashed out with a kick to Matt's stomach that sent him stumbling backward, and almost immediately launched a spin kick at his head. Jumping to my feet, I lashed out with a kick to the ribs, yet my foot went right through the apparition. Chase lashed out with another quick kick, and I was left to watch in horror as the song spun around for a backswing kick to Chase's head. She would attack anyone who went into her field, kicking, biting, lashing out and rearing and the more people tried to frighten her away, the worse she became. I lashed out, kicking at his shins, trying to scratch any area of skin that I could reach. Twice, Freddy lashes out by silently kicking a brick wall. The dude lashed out with a back kick which she dodged by jumping backwards. Aged about 12 or 13 years at most, the girl started screaming abuse, crying, lashing out with fists and kicking. Synonyms hit out, strike, let fly, take a swing 1.1Attack someone verbally. in his speech, he lashed out at his enemies Example sentencesExamples There will be times when you or a protective family member want to lash out verbally at someone staring, but being abusive does not reflect well on you or your family and may leave you feeling frustrated, resentful, and bitter. Her surprise quickly turned to rage at him for scaring her half to death and she lashed out at him verbally. Executives would issue denials, lash out at critics, and rush someone to the offending supplier's factory to put out the fire before it spread. It frustrated her to a point where one day she had finally lashed out on him verbally, saying how his antics we're just driving her father and farther away from ever wanting to be with him again. Her voice dripped with sarcasm as she verbally lashed out. It certainly isn't the first time Logan has verbally lashed out at Ryan. He minced no words in lashing out at critics who charge the administration manipulated pre-war intelligence to justify going to war. I remember listening to this bitter old man lashing out against the smugness of the elites and the fact that they were sending all of the ideas the country had come to stand for down the drain. And I knew even if I verbally lashed out at him, Trey would still take it. Congressional critics today lashed out at the administration for failing to deal with the massive trade deficit with China. Synonyms criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, attack, condemn, denounce, lambaste, harangue, rant at, rail at, haul over the coals, fulminate against, pillory, let fly 2Spend money extravagantly. I decided to lash out and treat myself let's lash out on a taxi Example sentencesExamples The other thing you both know is that, no matter how much you lash out on clothes, you'll lash out more on delicatessen. Anyway, if you're in Australia, find a vendor, have a chat and lash out on a three dollar copy of the Big Issue - because it rocks. I try to get my budgets right, but sometimes I just lash out the money and worry about balancing the books at a future date. Neither might it have been so quick to lash out €750,000 in goodbye money if it thought it was going to be answerable to shareholders. They are in no sense trying to blackmail parents into getting to the shops now to lash out large sums of money. I guess I must have been about 12 or 13 when I started getting pocket money on a regular basis, I started lashing out on Marvel and DC Comics. Synonyms spend lavishly, be extravagant, pay out, spend a lot of money Derivatives lasher noun ˈlaʃəˈlæʃər When I first began using the lasher it was to catch small roach, rudd and bream from the lakes at Longleat in Wiltshire whilst on holiday. lashless adjective They have brownish fur; large, dark, lashless eyes; short, bare ears; and a large, wet nose pad, like a pencil eraser on the tip of a long muzzle. Example sentencesExamples Salvador Dali, for instance, praised ‘the anaesthetic stare of the extremely clear eye - the lashless eye of Zeiss.’ That summer his brown, very round, almost lashless eyes were barely able to contain some deep reservoir of feeling. Origin Middle English (in the sense 'make a sudden movement'): probably imitative. Rhymes abash, ash, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, calash, cash, clash, crash, dash, encash, flash, gnash, hash, mash, Nash, panache, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, soutache, splash, stash, thrash, trash verb.1 phr. phr.v. Definition of lash in US English: lash verblaSHlæʃ [with object] 1Strike (someone) with a whip or stick. they lashed him repeatedly about the head Example sentencesExamples On another occasion he attacked a journalist who had given him a bad review, bursting into his office and lashing him with a bullwhip. Katie's mother screamed, pulling the whip back to lash Katie. Under six years of Islamic fundamentalist rule, Qadratullah was lashed for failing to grow a beard and his wife was beaten for not wearing the all-enveloping burqa. This girl wasn't carrying purse or mobile, so to teach her a lesson, the motorbike riders brutally lashed her across the back with a leather belt when going past! Anything less than that could result in a whipping, and no one wanted to be bent over the knee of old Grandfather Windom and be lashed with his belt at the age of eighteen. We wanted these manipulative girls and violent boys to be unwashed for a year, unfed for a month, to be lashed, strapped, coshed and whacked. He lashes Tom across the face with a cowhide and strikes him several times, then asks Tom again if he will do it. In one instance, they entered a student dormitory brandishing clubs and lashing students with chains. Women have been lashed for not being properly clothed - for wearing thin socks or brightly coloured shoes - and jailed for speaking to men on the streets. He was forced to farm Arab fields, tied at night, beaten and lashed with a whip for about a year. He still looked as though he'd been lashed by a whip, and he was sitting motionless behind the front desk. Lauren ignored him and picked up a whip, lashing him again and again until he opened a wound that went to bone. And we had a couple of Brothers who were pretty generous in lashing us with a cane. When he was lashing me with his whip, it hurt a lot. I quickly went to see what the commotion was about and saw that my teacher was soundly lashing a young boy, stripped naked and wrists bound to a column so that he wouldn't escape. Synonyms whip, flog, beat, thrash, horsewhip, scourge, birch, switch, flay, belt, strap, cane, leather 1.1 Beat forcefully against (something) waves lashed the coast Example sentencesExamples Hurricane Dean has been upgraded to a category-five storm as it begins lashing the coast of northern Mexico with winds exceeding 150 mph. And speaking of mud, the festival mercifully escaped the rain that was lashing York. Flood hell… gale-force winds lashed the reservoir by the top of Blackstone Edge during a fierce storm in 1974, with nearly an inch of rain falling over the weekend. The heavy rains lashing the City since Saturday have left a wide swathe of death and destruction. As a biting wind lashed Kirkgate and the rain fell from a grey, overcast sky, ordinary people thankful for the extraordinary courage of their police joined officers to pay their respects. Hurricane Emily will be lashing us with rain about the time that I should be doing my Pilates class tomorrow. Nearly 100 trees were uprooted and branches of over 800 trees were severed due to gusty winds and heavy rains that lashed the City recently. The next item of excitement was the sudden rain that lashed the Montreal circuit. Richard walks along a barren Irish coast in the rain, waves lashing against his long black coat! Meanwhile the city saw the usual chaos on the streets as rains lashed the Capital. Officials are warning of flash floods and mud slides, and the outer bands of Ivan are lashing Jamaica with torrential rain and huge waves. Gales and rain lashed Bolton over the weekend, leaving householders with repair bills running into thousands of pounds. Forecasters said it would lash the shores with strong winds, up to 10 inches of rain and waves up to 20 feet. Despite gale force winds lashing the Oaks complex on Sunday weights were still well spread around the 64-field on Cedar Lake. Those winds will whip or lash coastal communities and batter barrier islands along the mid-Atlantic. Wilma lashed Key West with 120-mile-an-hour winds for two hours and left much of the island under more than three feet of water. The gloomy picture emerged as heavy rain lashed the UK and isolated areas in parts of the country were warned to expect flooding. In neighbouring Botswana torrential rains that have lashed the southern, central and eastern parts of the country are now moving towards tourist destinations in the west. Rita is expected to become a hurricane before lashing the Keys sometime tomorrow and then power its way into the Gulf of Mexico. And then, Hurricane Ivan has lashed the Caribbean. Synonyms beat against, dash against, crash against, pound, batter, buffet, smack against, strike, hit, knock 1.2lash someone into Drive someone into (a particular state or condition) fear lashed him into a frenzy Example sentencesExamples But it proved nothing more than a false note as they were lashed into submission by the boundary-belting cyclone that is Kevin Pietersen. From the moment Zurawski lashed them into the lead in the 13 th minute, they were not in the remotest danger of dropping points, a fact that was not lost on the Aberdeen manager, Jimmy Calderwood. Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? Synonyms provoke, incite, arouse, excite, agitate, stir up, whip up, work up, egg on, goad 2(of an animal) move (a part of the body, especially the tail) quickly and violently. the cat was lashing its tail back and forth Example sentencesExamples Jinx kept pacing, lashing his tail in agitation, and Elanor's eyes followed him wherever he went, though her head was frozen in place. The small dragon was sitting on the bed and lashing her tail as if she was infuriated. The salamander lashed its tail like a whip and vanished. The Brawlers scowled viciously at the stationary pair as they sped forward, their serpents lashing their tails and hissing. With that, Jinx waved desperately and lashed his tail and laid his ears back in a picture of agitation. But as quick as he had lashed his tail out he sprung it forward toward Victor. He lashed his tail from side to side, as he closed his eyes and took off blindly. Jinx realized with a shock that he was still in a predatory, feline crouch, lashing his tail agitatedly, the claws on his feet digging into the dirt. Shishi snarled and lashed her tail with frustration. He was behind me, still lashing his tail worriedly. Then she lashed her tail around and commenced preening it. As much as we like to imagine sauropods stamping their feet and lashing their tails to drive off the vicious theropod predators, the scenario is unlikely for a simple reason. Synonyms swish, flick, twitch, switch, whip, wave, wag 2.1no object (of a part of the body) move quickly and violently. Example sentencesExamples Now she was pacing on the shore, stepping awkwardly on the rocks while her tail lashed furiously. Ron's fist lashed up into Jim's side, causing him to lean forward enough that Ron was able to drive his head into Jim's face. His tail lashed, once, violently, but his gaze did not drop or turn away. He cracked a grin, but was shocked when Kate's other hand suddenly lashed across, smacking him in the side of the face. Tail lashing furiously, Kobi stood in the same spot for a moment more. My ears were down, my tail lashing in anger. Nogar snapped back, his tail lashing furiously. His tail is lashing wildly, as he eyes me coldly with a predatory stare, and snarls loudly. Then it moved towards the exit from the chamber, tail lashing and legs growing firmer and firmer the faster it walked. Her shadow flickered across the wall behind her, tail lashing in disquiet, inhuman muscles shifting as she moved. His great tail lashed out in fury, destroying the great eastern tower. My tail lashed from side to side as I began to feel the hunger and bloodlust of the panther rise to meet my own senses. Kobi was practically hissing at this point, his tail lashing furiously behind him. 3Fasten (something) securely with a cord or rope. the hatch was securely lashed down he lashed the flag to the mast Example sentencesExamples His wrists ached as the rough rope cut into them and even his ankles were lashed together tightly with no room to spare. Larger beams can be ‘stressed’ by lashing them with heavy chains. Ryan lashes the board down, outside his beach hut in Obama. Kate nodded and quickly saddled her mare and lashed her pack securely onto the saddle. On the way they were forced to step over several supply crates, moved to create extra accommodation spaces, which had been lashed to the deck and covered with floorboards. She thrashed around sending the flows everywhere, before they suddenly loosened and disappeared into thin air but there were to many of them and they overwhelmed her, lashing her feet to the earth and binding her arms. Reed did a bit of quick carpentry to repair the breaks, lashing them back together with something the Vikings could have used, duct tape. I knew it was coming to rescue us so I took down the sail and mast, took up the centerboard and brought in the rudder and lashed it all secure. The rope was lashed to a wooden beam propping up the craft's skeleton in a manner meant to evoke the contraptions that Chinese children use to catch birds. With much heaving and sweating, and a few choice cuss words, he got it wedged up under the axle, and, with the rope from his saddle, he lashed it securely in place. As the sun sets, Saranne, David, and I stop in a patch of shorter grass, lashing our canoes together and laying plywood boards over them. Two backboards were lashed together, and he was secured to them. He tied the man to the driver seat using some rope in the glove compartment and lashed his hands to the steering wheel. They were propped up in the crotch of two sticks that were lashed together with a car battery attached to their primers. Alec Danfoss, who farmed land not a kilometre from Karsten had placed his children, Jenny and Julia the six year old twins, and their eight year tainted brother Randall, into his dingy and lashed it to the back of his ox cart. Owing to the steep slope of Quebec roofs, the men must lash themselves to the chimney pots to move about. But alas, they got into a massive storm; he lashed her to the mast so that she wouldn't be thrown overboard. She found the lack of a table very frustrating, and she eventually made her own one by lashing together a door frame and pieces of bamboo. Kay called, and within a matter of seconds the two vessels were lashed together. Synonyms fasten, bind, tie, tie up, tether, hitch, attach, knot, rope, strap, leash, truss, fetter, make fast, secure nounlaSHlæʃ 1A sharp blow or stroke with a whip or rope, typically given as a form of punishment. he was sentenced to fifty lashes for his crime figurative she felt the lash of my tongue Example sentencesExamples No one was ever sentenced to 500 lashes for anything during the period of the rightly guided caliphs. Foreigners unfamiliar with local customs often find themselves tied to a post and receiving fifty lashes. But, as it was a national holiday, the Sheikh decided they should be released after receiving 20 lashes of the whip. For lesbian conduct the penalty is 100 lashes from a whip. It only lasted 10 lashes before the whip went through. But the court clerk who read out the official sentence told reporters none of the accused had been sentenced to lashes. In support of his case, the elder of the two men claimed he'd been sentenced to 300 lashes and sacked from his job after raping several young men at his workplace. The continuous running is hard on the hobbits, but the orcs persuade them with lashes from a whip. As a result he received thirty-nine lashes for a crime for which many were transported or executed. Sancho resigns himself and agrees to the task on the condition that he is not required to draw blood with these whippings and that gentle lashes count too. Ten lashes of the stock whip got the message across to me. Even asking questions in class warranted a lash of the whip. Later that day during roll call, Elie's number is called and he is given twenty-five lashes of the whip. She gave birth when aged nine and was sentenced to 100 lashes for prostitution at about the same time. Two popular soccer players were sentenced to 170 lashes last month after they were arrested at a brothel. I circled in the air, taunting her with lashes from my whip. The young man who was arrested with her was sentenced to 100 lashes and allowed to go free afterwards. Women, as well as their accomplices, found guilty of this crime received fifty lashes. She had received thirty lashes and a blow to the face. I hereby sentence you, not to death, but to thirty lashes of the whip. Synonyms stroke, blow, hit, strike, welt, bang, thwack, thump 1.1 The flexible leather part of a whip, used for administering lashes. Example sentencesExamples A single lash emerged from the ebony handle, but it had been wickedly inlaid with tiny adamantine barbs. Now before you sneer and condemn me to 1,000 strokes of the lash, let me tell you about a little experience I had recently. My fingers are still dripping wet, but the handle to the lash is gripped to prevent it from slipping free from my slick, white scales. I looked up as he came closer, but Andreus coiled up the lash into a plaited leather loop and hit me across the back of the neck with it, forcing my eyes back down. His voice was cool and Andreus raised the lash again threateningly, but was ordered to lower it. It is not frail and infirm, it is a fighting machine. Entrenched in filth in the centre of the aisle it will without warning extend its wooden lash and administer a swift but excruciating rap to the back of the legs. A lash, also of flax, was then attached and the whip was finished. Synonyms whip, scourge, cat, thong, switch, birch, cane, stick 1.2the lash Punishment in the form of a beating with a whip or rope. they were living under the threat of the lash Example sentencesExamples His convicts were more useful to society as workers than as objects of penal punishment; the lash became an element in labour relations. Masters served their slaves, accepting taunts and insults that would be punished by the lash or death any other time of year. Outrages like the Thomas case make it a good deal more difficult for enlightened penal reformers like the Professor to get a fair hearing when they advocate bringing back the lash. Bring back the lash, and thumbscrews and the oubliette. Zhu Ke, the writer, said the substitution of the lash for crueler corporal punishments revealed a forward movement of civilization. A government official last year called for a return of the lash - the cat-o-nine-tails that takes off a quarter pound of flesh with each stroke. I think the latest from her is to bring back the lash. Synonyms whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, switch, scourge, flagellum, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat, thong, flail, strap, birch, cane 2usually lashesAn eyelash. she fluttered her long dark lashes Example sentencesExamples She stood in front of the vanity and re-applied her rich, red colored lipstick, and long-lash mascara to her already long, dark lashes. Her lips are rosy and her lashes are long and dark. The drawing of a woman with big eyes, dark lashes and tightly knotted hair, dressed in a ruffled frock and sporting a fan, gave it away. Speaking quietly, his huge chocolate-coloured eyes fringed by dark lashes, he looks the picture of peaceful, healthy youth. If you want to really get girly, use an eyelash curler for lusher-looking lashes. Her eyes show lack of sleep and care - makeup smudged to grey beneath her lower lashes, emphasising the dark shadows already growing there. Long dark lashes fell gently onto her flushed cheeks. She stared at him through lowered lashes, her eyes dark. What is the etiquette when the eyes in question are big, and brown, and fringed with generous dark lashes? She had creamy brown skin with dark lashes surrounding her almond shaped eyes. He had brilliant gray eyes, fringed with long, dark lashes. He examined the Patrician nose, the curve of her cheek, the dark lashes, the porcelain clarity of her olive toned skin, the cleavage revealed. There's nothing more ageing and unattractive than eyes framed by dark smudges or clogged lashes, so I've asked a couple of top make-up artists to share their secrets with us. He had light sky blue, angled eyes with dark lashes. He had curling auburn hair and light blue eyes framed by long dark lashes like her own, his eyes were crinkled slightly at the corners from a wide grin, that seemed almost too big for his face. Her smoothly curling russet hair tumbled down her back, and beneath the white veil he saw her eyes, wide and brown, rimmed with thick, dark lashes. Julien had deep brown eyes outlined by dark lashes. Rosie was the most beautiful girl in the school in her eyes, with her naturally rosy cheeks, bright blue eyes with long, dark lashes, and a mouth that was not only gentle in shape but gentle with words as well. The dark lashes formed a contrast with her pale skin. With dark brown eyes, long dark lashes, a flush mustache and auburn that curled at the nape of his neck, he wasn't altogether unpleasant to look at. Phrasal Verbs lash down (of rain) fall very heavily. torrential rain was lashing down Example sentencesExamples But the rain lashing down did not dampen their spirits as they went in search of a goal to prolong their World Cup dream. As the rain lashed down, the monarch, appropriately dressed in a fawn raincoat, used a transparent umbrella to stay dry. Rain has lashed down all day, saturating the lush landscape. When the rains began to lash down, the water just pooled. On Tuesday night, rain lashed down with rare ferocity. The main problem was the rain, which lashed down at around 6.30 am. The rain was lashing down from the dark clouds over Wimbledon Common. The 12 th of November was bitterly cold with icy showers of rain lashing down over the City. Thunder rolled in the distance, the rain lashed down. But the rain was lashing down and we knew the only way to cheer ourselves up was to have some comfort food. Synonyms pour, pour down, pelt down, tip down, teem down, beat down, sheet down, come down, come down in sheets, come down in torrents, rain cats and dogs lash out 1Hit or kick out at someone or something. sticks with which to lash out and strike the prisoner Example sentencesExamples They lashed out with a kick to Matt's stomach that sent him stumbling backward, and almost immediately launched a spin kick at his head. Aged about 12 or 13 years at most, the girl started screaming abuse, crying, lashing out with fists and kicking. I lashed out, kicking at his shins, trying to scratch any area of skin that I could reach. The dude lashed out with a back kick which she dodged by jumping backwards. Chase lashed out with another quick kick, and I was left to watch in horror as the song spun around for a backswing kick to Chase's head. Aaron took a deep breath and figured that he had nothing to lose and lashed out with a kick aimed at the head of the nearest demon, followed up swiftly with a hook to the head of the other demon. Jumping to my feet, I lashed out with a kick to the ribs, yet my foot went right through the apparition. Twice, Freddy lashes out by silently kicking a brick wall. She would attack anyone who went into her field, kicking, biting, lashing out and rearing and the more people tried to frighten her away, the worse she became. As soon as she heard his heavy breathing, she lashed out, kicking anywhere and everywhere. Synonyms hit out, strike, let fly, take a swing 1.1Attack someone verbally. he used his thank-you speech to lash out at critics Example sentencesExamples Her surprise quickly turned to rage at him for scaring her half to death and she lashed out at him verbally. Congressional critics today lashed out at the administration for failing to deal with the massive trade deficit with China. He minced no words in lashing out at critics who charge the administration manipulated pre-war intelligence to justify going to war. It certainly isn't the first time Logan has verbally lashed out at Ryan. And I knew even if I verbally lashed out at him, Trey would still take it. Her voice dripped with sarcasm as she verbally lashed out. Executives would issue denials, lash out at critics, and rush someone to the offending supplier's factory to put out the fire before it spread. It frustrated her to a point where one day she had finally lashed out on him verbally, saying how his antics we're just driving her father and farther away from ever wanting to be with him again. There will be times when you or a protective family member want to lash out verbally at someone staring, but being abusive does not reflect well on you or your family and may leave you feeling frustrated, resentful, and bitter. I remember listening to this bitter old man lashing out against the smugness of the elites and the fact that they were sending all of the ideas the country had come to stand for down the drain. Synonyms criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, attack, condemn, denounce, lambaste, harangue, rant at, rail at, haul over the coals, fulminate against, pillory, let fly 2Spend money extravagantly. let's lash out on a taxi Example sentencesExamples Neither might it have been so quick to lash out €750,000 in goodbye money if it thought it was going to be answerable to shareholders. I try to get my budgets right, but sometimes I just lash out the money and worry about balancing the books at a future date. They are in no sense trying to blackmail parents into getting to the shops now to lash out large sums of money. The other thing you both know is that, no matter how much you lash out on clothes, you'll lash out more on delicatessen. Anyway, if you're in Australia, find a vendor, have a chat and lash out on a three dollar copy of the Big Issue - because it rocks. I guess I must have been about 12 or 13 when I started getting pocket money on a regular basis, I started lashing out on Marvel and DC Comics. Synonyms spend lavishly, be extravagant, pay out, spend a lot of money Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘make a sudden movement’): probably imitative. verb.1 phr.v.
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