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Pronunciation
IPA|/læ�/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /l{S/
audio|en-us-lash.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æ�|-æ�

Etymology 1

Noun
en-noun|es

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

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

1. obsolete A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
2. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.

#:The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

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

#:The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. — Lâ��Estrange

1. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
2. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
3. (Mid-Ulster, Northern Ireland dialect) Excellent, wonderful

#:We�re off school tomorrow, it�s gonna be lash!
#:That chinese (food) was lash!''

Translations
trans-top|thong of a whip
Finnish: ruoskan siima
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trans-top|obsolete: a snare
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trans-top|stroke with a whip
Finnish: piiskan isku, ruoskanisku, sivallus
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Russian: �да� �л���ом m, �да� би�ом m, �да� пле��� m
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trans-top|stroke of satire or sarcasm
Finnish: sivallus
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Russian: �езкий �п�ек m, к�и�ика f
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trans-top|hair growing from the eyelid
Finnish: ripsi
French: cil m
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Italian: ciglio m
Russian: �е�ни�а f
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trans-top|group of strings for lifting certain yarns
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Verb
en-verb|lash|es

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

#:We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. — Dryden

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

#:the whale lashes the sea with its tail.
#:And big waves lash the frighted shores. — Dryden

1. transitive To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

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

1. transitive To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.

#:to lash vice

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

#:to lash something to a spar
#:lash a pack on a horse's back

1. intransitive To ply the whip; to strike.
2. intransitive To utter censure or sarcastic language.

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

Translations
trans-top|strike with a lash
Finnish: ruoskia, piiskata
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French: fouetter
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trans-top|strike forcibly, beat as if with a lash
Finnish: piiskata
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trans-top|throw out with a jerk
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trans-top|scold
Finnish: suomia, moittia ankarasti
French: gronder
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Italian: rimproverare
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trans-top|bind with a rope
Finnish: sitoa
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trans-top|ply the whip
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trans-top|utter censure
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See also
lash out

Etymology 2
From OF. lasche (French lâche).

Adjective
en-adj

1. obsolete remiss|Remiss, lax.
2. obsolete relaxed|Relaxed.
3. soft|Soft, watery, wet.

#*1658: Fruits being unwholesome and lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare. � Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 211)

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