lash
/læʃ/ verb C2- To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten. · to lash something to a spar· lash a pack on a horse's back
He/she/it lashes · Past lashed · Past participle lashed · -ing form lashing
Verb forms
- Base form
- lash
- He/she/it
- lashes
- Past
- lashed
- Past participle
- lashed
- -ing form
- lashing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
While Albert was lashing the front of his carriage in the same manner that he had the newspapers which were the innocent agents of his discomfiture, as he was crossing the barrier he perceived Morrel, who was walking with a quick step and a bright eye.
The Sea, assuming the form of a woman, replied to him: “Blame not me, my good sir, but the winds, for I am by my own nature as calm and firm even as this earth; but the winds suddenly falling on me create these waves, and lash me into fury.”
Besides, one requires the excitement of being hateful in the eyes of the accused, in order to lash one’s self into a state of sufficient vehemence and power.
I saw the glint of a knife, and I lashed at him with the hammer.
Other matches
- lash The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which... C1
- lash To strike with a lash C2
- lash Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional C2
- lash Soft, watery, wet. C2
- lash back Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- lash down To secure with ropes
- lash off To lash out verbally
- lash out To make a sudden violent attack.
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