lash

lash1 [ læʃ ] noun count

1. ) a hit with a whip or a thin stick:

The court sentenced her to eight years in jail and 500 lashes.

2. ) a quick or violent movement of an animal's tail

3. ) the thin piece of leather forming the main part of a whip

4. ) usually plural an EYELASH

lash

lash 2 [ læʃ ] verb

1. ) transitive to hit someone or something with a whip or stick, especially as a punishment:

He was regularly lashed on the buttocks by his jailers.

a ) intransitive or transitive if the wind or rain lashes something or lashes against something, it hits it with a very strong force

b ) intransitive or transitive if an animal lashes its tail, or its tail lashes, it moves its tail fast and violently from side to side, often when it is angry

c ) intransitive or transitive to hit something with a very strong force:

We could hear the branches lashing the side of the house.

lash at: Branches lashed at my face.

2. ) transitive to tie something firmly to something else or tie two things together firmly using a rope:

The fuel tanks were lashed together, upright and side by side.

After lashing the boat to the dock, we ran for shelter from the storm.

3. ) intransitive or transitive to criticize someone severely or angrily:

lash back: He didn't get angry. He didn't lash back. Instead, he grinned.

4. ) transitive to make a person or group react with a strong emotion such as anger or enthusiasm:

lash someone into something: His stirring words lashed the crowd into wild excitement.

,lash `down phrasal verb intransitive BRITISH

to rain heavily

,lash `out phrasal verb

1. ) intransitive to speak angrily to or against someone:

They lashed out at the council's move to stop free parking.

2. ) intransitive to try to hit or attack someone suddenly and violently:

lash out at: Occasionally the patients will lash out at the nurses.

3. ) intransitive or transitive BRITISH to spend a lot of money on something:

We lashed out $60 each on the best seats.