lashing
lashing · lashings
найтов
Auspeitschung
Something used to tie something or lash it to somethingSomething used to tie something or lash it to something.
/ˈlæʃɪŋ/
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.
найтовnajtov
rope that is used for fastening something to something else
(countable, uncountable)The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation, chastisement.
(countable, uncountable)The or an act of lashing; a heavy falling or downpour (of rain).
(Ireland, UK, countable, in the plural, informal, uncountable)Lots; a great amount.
Translations
1 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
Something used to tie something or lash it to something:
Origin
From lash + -ing.From lash + -ing.
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Forms
plural: lashingsSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment:whippingtanningfloggingflagellation
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedtongue lashing
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable