[lash] vb [ME] vi (14c) 1: to move violently or suddenly: dash
2: to thrash or beat violently "rain ~ed at the windowpanes"
3: to make a verbal attack or retort--usu. used with out ~ vt 1 a: to whip or fling about violently "the big cat ~ed its tail about threateningly" b: to strike or beat with or as if with a whip "waves ~ed the shore"
2. a: to assail with stinging words b: drive, whip "~ed them into a fury with his fiery speech" -- lash.er n
[2]lash n (14c) 1 a (1): a stroke with or as if with a whip (2): the flexible part of a whip; also: whip b: punishment by whipping
2: a beating, whipping, or driving force
3: a stinging rebuke
4: eyelash
5: the clearance or play between adjacent movable mechanical parts [3]lash vt [ME lasschyn to lace, fr. MF lacier--more at lace] (1624): to bind with or as if with a line -- lash.er n