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lash

UK/læʃ/ US/ˈlæʃ/ uncommon informal obsolete slang uk
verb (4) noun (3)

verb

1.

beat severely with a whip or rod

  • “The teacher often flogged the students”
  • “The children were severely trounced”
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2.

lash or flick about sharply

  • “The lion lashed its tail”
3.

strike as if by whipping

  • “The curtain whipped her face”
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4.

bind with a rope, chain, or cord

  • “lash the horse”
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noun

1.

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

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2.

leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

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3.

a quick blow with a whip

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • give something a lash
  • lash curler
  • lash egg
  • lash lift
  • lash off
  • on the lash

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