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Definition lash
Etymology 1
From Middle English lashe, lasshe, lasche (“a stroke; the flexible end of a whip”), from Proto-Germanic *laskô (“flap of fabric, strap”).Cognate with Dutch lasch, las (“a piece; seal; joint; notch; seam”), German Low German Laske, Lask (“a flap; dag; strap”), German Lasche (“a flap; joint; strap; tongue; scarf”), Swedish lask (“scarf”), Icelandic laski (“the bottom part of a glove”).
Noun
lash (plural lashes)
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
Verb
lash (third-person singular simple present lashes, present participle lashing, simple past and past participle lashed)
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
Etymology 2
From Middle French lachier, from Old French lacier (“to lace”)
Verb
lash (third-person singular simple present lashes, present participle lashing, simple past and past participle lashed)
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
Etymology 3
From Old French lasche (French lâche).
Adjective
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