lash
To strike with a lashTo strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
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» Tom was sentenced to ten lashes.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
10 senses(transitive)To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
поро́тьporótʹ, стега́тьstegátʹ, сечьsečʹ
strike as if by whipping
(transitive)To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
Heavy seas lashed the shore.
(transitive)To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
(transitive)To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
(intransitive)To ply the whip; to strike.
beat severely with a whip or rod
(intransitive)To strike vigorously; to let fly.
(intransitive)To utter censure or sarcastic language.
(intransitive)To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
(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
bind with a rope, chain, or cord
Examples
64 sentencesTom was sentenced to ten lashes.
Don't lash out at me just because my brother treated you badly.
ruНе набрасывайся на меня только из-за того, что мой брат обошёлся с тобой плохо. — soniamiku
Tom received a tongue lashing.
Tom's going on the lash tonight.
Том ввечері йде на пиятику. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
The caged tiger lashed its tail.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English lashe, lasshe, lasche (“a stroke; the flexible end of a whip”), from PFrom Middle English lashe, lasshe, lasche (“a stroke; the flexible end of a whip”), from Proto-Germanic *laskô (“flap of fabric, strap”).
From Middle French lachier, from Old French lacier (“to lace”).
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Forms
lashes, lashing, lashed, lashedPhrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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