lash
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.obsolete
2. (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
3. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.Examples: "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.”"Synonyms: bashAustraliaIrelandNew-Zealandinformal
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.Examples: "We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward"; "A lesbian who was lashed as a teenager for saying she was gay."Synonyms: whiptransitive
2. (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.Examples: "Carlo Ancelotti's out-of-sorts team struggled to hit the target in the first half as Bolton threatened with Matthew Taylor lashing just wide."transitive
3. (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.Examples: "He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws."transitive
4. (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.Synonyms: beratetransitive
5. (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.intransitive
6. (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.Examples: "In the final minute of six added on, Colombia would undo their good work, though, Pérez fumbling the ball allowing Hemp to lash into the empty net."intransitive
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.Examples: "to lash something to a spar"; "lash a pack on a horse's back"transitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Remiss, lax.Synonyms: at fault, blameworthy, neglectful, negligent, reprehensibleobsolete
2. (obsolete) Relaxed.Synonyms: airy, at ease, carefree, careless, casual, chill, cool, devil-may-careobsolete
3. (Ulster) Excellent, wonderful.Examples: "We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash!"; "That Chinese (food) was lash!"Synonyms: ace, admirable, awe-inspiring, awesome, bang on, bang-up, based, beneshipUlster
4. (British, slang) Drunk.Synonyms: Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunkenBritishslang
noun (English)
1. (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).Examples: "setting the proper valve lash for solid lifters"; "excessive lash in the gear train"Synonyms: backlash#Noun, play#Noun, lost motion#Noununcountable
adj (English)
1. (nautical) Acronym of lighter-aboard-ship.abbreviationacronymalt-ofnot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary