LASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lash mean? 

• LASH (noun)
  The noun LASH has 3 senses:

1. any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

2. leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

3. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

  Familiarity information: LASH used as a noun is uncommon.

• LASH (verb)
  The verb LASH has 4 senses:

1. beat severely with a whip or rod

2. lash or flick about sharply

3. strike as if by whipping

4. bind with a rope, chain, or cord

  Familiarity information: LASH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cilium; eyelash; lash

Hypernyms ("lash" is a kind of...):

hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)

Holonyms ("lash" is a part of...):

eyelid; lid; palpebra (either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lash; thong

Hypernyms ("lash" is a kind of...):

leather strip (implement consisting of a strip of leather)

Holonyms ("lash" is a part of...):

whip (an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping)

Derivation:

lash (strike as if by whipping)

lash (beat severely with a whip or rod)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lash; whip; whiplash

Context example:

the whip raised a red welt

Hypernyms ("lash" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Derivation:

lash (strike as if by whipping)

lash (beat severely with a whip or rod)

• LASH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lash    ... he / she / it lashes   
Past simple: lashed   
Past participle: lashed   
-ing form: lashing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beat severely with a whip or rod

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

flog; lash; lather; slash; strap; trounce; welt; whip

Context example:

The children were severely trounced

Hypernyms (to "lash" is one way to...):

beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lash"):

flagellate; scourge (whip)

leather (whip with a leather strap)

horsewhip (whip with a whip intended for horses)

switch (flog with or as if with a flexible rod)

cowhide (flog with a cowhide)

cat (beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails)

birch (whip with a birch twig)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to lash the prisoners

Derivation:

lash (a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object)

lash (leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lash or flick about sharply

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The lion lashed its tail

Hypernyms (to "lash" is one way to...):

sway; swing (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Strike as if by whipping

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

lash; whip

Context example:

The curtain whipped her face

Hypernyms (to "lash" is one way to...):

strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lash"):

urticate (whip with or as with nettles)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

lash (a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object)

lash (leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Bind with a rope, chain, or cord

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

lash the horse

Hypernyms (to "lash" is one way to...):

bind; tie (fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lash"):

frap (make secure by lashing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

unlash (untie the lashing of)

 Context examples 

But François, chuckling at the incident while unswerving in the administration of justice, brought his lash down upon Buck with all his might.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I have my dog-whip, and I give them the lash of it.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I was afraid to raise my eyelids, but looked out and saw perfectly under the lashes.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He opened the door as he spoke, and I had hardly time to spring out when the coachman lashed the horse and the carriage rattled away.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The square, when they got there, was full of wind and dust, and the thin trees in the garden were lashing themselves along the railing.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Then I lashed the tiller and went below to my own chest, where I got a soft silk handkerchief of my mother's.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

His last word, in striking contrast with the smoothness of his previous utterance, snapped like the lash of a whip.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Twice Henderson has lashed at folk with his dog-whip, and only his long purse and heavy compensation have kept him out of the courts.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She sneezed continually, and her stub of a tail was doing its best toward lashing about by giving quick, violent jerks.

(White Fang, by Jack London)