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lash

/læʃ/ sustantivo C2
  1. Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear). (uncountable) · setting the proper valve lash for solid lifters· excessive lash in the gear train
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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.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 49 · C1
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.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 100 · B2
When the cobra runs for her life, she goes like a whip-lash flicked across a horse’s neck.
The Jungle Book, p. 82 · B2
Sometimes he could see for miles and miles across the still green jungle, as a man on the top of a mast can see for miles across the sea, and then the branches and leaves would lash him across the face, and he and his two guards would be almost down to earth again.
The Jungle Book, p. 38 · B2

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