lash

Significat (English)

Noun

1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
2. (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
4. A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
5. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
6. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
7. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
8. (informal) An attempt; a go at something.

Verb

1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
4. To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
5. To ply the whip; to strike.
6. To strike vigorously; to let fly.
7. To utter censure or sarcastic language.
8. To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
9. Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.

Verb

To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Remiss, lax.
2. (obsolete) Relaxed.
3. Soft, watery, wet.
4. Excellent, wonderful.
5. Drunk.

Synonyms

whip

flog

beat

scourge

thrash

bind

tie

eyelash

strike

hit

thong

smack

strap

flagellate

slash

trounce

welt

cane

knot

🪢

switch

horsewhip

stroke

whiplash

flap

cilium

flick

fasten

dash

💨

truss

LASH

spank

tear along

secure

throw

whirl along

rod

tether

blow

race

rush along

lather

encourage

attack

👊

speed along

impact

tie together

leash

lick

ligate

link

🔗

linking

link-up

loop

➿

mellow

on the ground

percussion

pest

picket

pound

💷

punch

👊

punish

quirt

rack

rawhide

relaxed

☺️

reprove

retort

riding crop

scathe

sentence

shellac

shock

⚡

slap

slice into

slug

slur

spanking

spill

splash

sprinkle

spur on

stake

stick

strapping

string

🪢

surging

swing

swish

thump

tie down

tie up

toss out

whipping

whop

winker

pour down

slice through

tie a knot

strap on

walk fast

take a little with one finger

give the rod

stockwhip

crack

severe scolding

swing at

lash together

verbal attack

tawse

loosey-goosey

loosey goosey

stroke of the whip

attach

give a lash

ballistic

band

bandage

bang

belting

berate

bundle

burst

castigate

chastise

churn

ciliary

clinch

club

coherence

collision

💥

condemn

connect

connection

cord

cuff

cut

discipline

dress

👗

drive

drub

easygoing

encounter

ferule

flail

flay

free and easy

gird

goad

impinge

impulse

impulsive force

incite

jerk

join

junction

knout

lace

lambaste

lashing

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/læʃ/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: lashe

Cognate with neerlandès: lasch

Cognate with alemany: Lasche

Cognate with suec: lask

Cognate with islandès: laski

Cognate with francès: lâche

In summary

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”).