Definizione monolingua

lash

lash (third-person singular simple present lashes, present participle lashing, simple past and past participle lashed)

1. (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

   We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. — John Dryden

2. (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.

   the whale lashes the sea with its tail.

   And big waves lash the frighted shores. — John Dryden

   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:

     Carlo Ancelottis out-of-sorts team struggled to hit the target in the first half as Bolton threatened with Matthew Taylor lashing just wide.

3. (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

   He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. — John Dryden

4. (transitive) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.

   to lash vice

5. (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

   to lash something to a spar

   lash a pack on a horses back

6. (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
7. (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.

   To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. — John Dryden

8. (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, BBC Sport:

     With rain lashing across the ground at kick-off and every man in Auckland seemingly either English-born or supporting Scotland, Eden Park was transformed into Murrayfield in March.

lash (plural lashes)

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

   I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it. — Joseph Addison.

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.

   The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

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

   The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. — Roger LEstrange

5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

lash (comparative more lash, superlative most lash)

1. (obsolete) Remiss, lax.
2. (obsolete) Relaxed.
3. Soft, watery, wet.
   • 1658: Fruits being unwholesome and lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 211)
4. (Mid-Ulster, Northern Ireland) excellent, wonderful

   We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash!

   That chinese (food) was lash!

5. Drunk.

Definizione dizionario lash

	ciglio
	hair growing from the eyelid

	rimproverare
	scold

	ciglia
	Hair that grows on the eyelid, around the eyes.

	frustare
	Colpire con la frusta.

cinghia

correggia

flagellare

frusta

frustata

legare

nerbo

scudisciata

sferza

sferzare

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.

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

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

(transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.

(obsolete) Remiss, lax.

(Mid-Ulster, Northern Ireland) excellent, wonderful

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

Drunk.

strike with a lash

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

(obsolete) Relaxed.

A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.

(intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.

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

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

thong of a whip

(transitive) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.

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

stroke of satire or sarcasm

stroke with a whip

Soft, watery, wet.

(transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.