lash
see also: Lash, LASH
Pronunciation
Lash
Proper noun
LASH
Adjective
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see also: Lash, LASH
Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /læʃ/
From Middle English lashe, lasshe, lasche ("a stroke; the flexible end of a whip"), from Proto-Germanic *laskô.
Nounlash (plural lashes)
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- 1711 July 15 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, July 4, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 108; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC ↗:
- I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
- The spelling has been modernized.
- (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- 1692, Roger L'Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC ↗:
- The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.
- 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.
- (AU, NZ, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- Synonyms: bash
- I'll have a lash.
- French: lanière
- German: Schlag, Peitschenschnur
- Italian: staffile
- Russian: плеть
- French: coup de fouet
- German: Peitschenhieb, Hieb
- Italian: staffilata, sferzata
- Russian: удар хлыст
- Spanish: látigo, zurriagazo, latigazo
- Italian: sferzata
- Russian: резкий упрёк
lash (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.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC ↗:
- We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward
- (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.
- 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC ↗:
- He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- Synonyms: berate
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fifth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC ↗:
- To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (to whip or scourge) Thesaurus:whip
- French: gronder
- Italian: rimproverare
From Middle French lachier, from Old French lacier.
Verblash (lashes, present participle lashing; simple past and past participle lashed)
- (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
From Old French lasche (French lâche).
Adjectivelash
- (obsolete) Remiss, lax.
- Synonyms: at fault, blameworthy, neglectful, negligent, reprehensible
- (obsolete) Relaxed.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:carefree, Thesaurus:calm
- Soft, watery, wet.
- Synonyms: spongy, squidgy, Thesaurus:wet
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 211:
- Fruits being unwholesome and lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare.
- (Ulster) Excellent, wonderful.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:excellent
- We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash!
- That Chinese (food) was lash!
- (Britain) Drunk.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:drunk
lash (uncountable)
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
- setting the proper valve lash for solid lifters
- excessive lash in the gear train
Lash
Proper noun
LASH
Adjective
lash (not comparable)
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