Word Meaning

lash definition and meaning

n. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
n. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
n. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
n. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
n. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
n. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
v. t. To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
v. t. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.
v. t. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
v. t. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.
v. i. To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.
n. To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.

Crossword clues for lash

- Eye part
- Eyelid hair
- Facial hair
- Flagellate
- Flog
- Leather strip
- Leather strip one coats with mascara?
- Scourge
- Splashed, sped out, and beat
- Strap
- Tip of a whip
- Whip