LASHING


Meaning of LASHING in English

(~s)

1.

Lashings of something means a large quantity or amount of it. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)

Serve by cutting the scones in half and spreading with jam and ~s of clotted cream.

QUANT: QUANT of n-uncount

2.

Lashings are ropes or cables that are used to tie one thing to another.

We made a tour of the yacht, checking ~s and emergency gear.

N-COUNT: usu pl

3.

If you refer to someone’s comments as a ~, you mean that they are very critical and angry.

He never grew used to the ~s he got from the critics.

N-COUNT

4.

A ~ is a punishment in which a person is hit with a whip.

N-COUNT

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