lash

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
3. Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
   uncountable
4. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
   obsolete
5. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
6. A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
7. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
8. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
9. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
10. Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
11. An attempt; a go at something.
    Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, informal
12. A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).

Equivalents

22 more languages

العربيةالسّوطجلدجلدةكرباج+ 1 more

Българскибичбиявръзвамкамши́ккарам серугаяшибам+ 4 more

Bosanskiatarbatбичкнуткритика+ 2 more

Catalàfuetfuetejar

Češtinanagajka

Cymraegcarrai

Ελληνικάμάστιγα

Esperantovipi

Suomihaukkua pystyynköyttääliekanakatapiiskaniskupiiskataripsiruoskaruoskaniskuruoskiasataa kaatamallasiimasitoasivallussuomia+ 12 more

Gaeilgegread

Galegoatartrincarxostrada

Hrvatskiatarbatбичкнуткритика+ 2 more

Italianofrustatarimproveraresferzatastaffilatastaffile+ 2 more

Latinaflagellumflagrumhabenascutica+ 1 more

Latviešupātaga

Te Reo Māoriwhiunga

Polskibasarunekbatbiczowaćbykowiecnahajnahajkapytasmagnięcieubiczowaćuderzenie+ 7 more

Русскийбичбичеватькнуткритиканага́йкаплёткаплетьпоротьре́зкий упрёксечьстега́тьуда́р бичо́муда́р пле́тьюуда́р хлысто́мхлестатьхлыст+ 13 more

Српскиatarbatбичкнуткритика+ 2 more

Svenskapiskapiskrappsnärt

Türkçekamçı

Українськаканчук

Examples

“I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.”

“The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.”

“The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.”

“But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance⟳ cast⟳ under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose⟳ himself in his own⟳ reflections.”

“I'll have⟳ a lash.”

“Much-loved characters living on after their author’s death is not so unusual these days. Every second bloke in possession of a keyboard seems to have⟳ had a lash at a James Bond thriller, including Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd, Anthony Horowitz, Christopher Wood and Sebastian Faulks.”

““I felt I’d go out and grab⟳ the bull by the horns and give⟳ it a good lash and I’m very pleased to come⟳ away with second in my very first Diamond League final.””

“the Ayrshire cow gives a lash of milk on comparatively bare pasture”

“The oaks cry⟳ oot beneath November's lashes, But not for all the months[…]”

“... put⟳ a lash of scepticism in his tone.”

“setting the proper valve lash for solid lifters”

“excessive lash in the gear train⟳”

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