Lash

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1. Noun

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

2. Noun

A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

3. Noun

A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

4. Noun

A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

5. Noun

A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

6. Noun

In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

7. Verb

To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

8. Verb

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.

9. Verb

To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

10. Verb

To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

11. Verb

To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.

12. Noun

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.
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