1 to hit sb/sth with great force: [V, +adv./prep.] The rain lashed at the windows. * Branches lashed at my face. * [VN] Huge waves lashed the shore.
2 [VN] to hit a person or an animal with a whip, rope, stick, etc.
3 [VN] to criticize sb/sth in a very angry way
4 [VN+adv./prep.] to fasten sth tightly to sth else with ropes:
Several logs had been lashed together to make a raft. * During the storm everything on deck had to be lashed down.
5 to move or to move sth quickly and violently from side to side:
[V] The crocodile's tail was lashing furiously from side to side. [also VN]
PHRASALVERBS
lash out (at sb/sth)
1 to suddenly try to hit sb:
She suddenly lashed out at the boy.
2 to criticize sb in an angry way:
In a bitter article he lashed out at his critics.
Part of speech: noun
1 = EYELASH:
her long dark lashes
2 a hit with a whip, given as a form of punishment:
They each received 20 lashes for stealing. * (figurative) to feel the lash of sb's tongue (= to be spoken to in an angry and critical way)
3 the thin leather part at the end of a whip:
The lash struck him across the back.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is lash a noun, verb, or something else?
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