I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a storm lashes/batters a place literary
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Fierce storms lashed the coastline.
the rain beats/lashes (= it falls or hits something with a lot of force )
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Isabel listened to the rain beating down.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
rain
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Torrential rain lashed down but the people were patient.
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Thunder he flatten ears, lightning he blind eyes, rain he lash flesh, wind he freeze skin.
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It was a cold night in late autumn and the rain had lashed down unremittingly.
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The wind screaming and the rain lashing on the windows sent me into a reverie.
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Sometimes rain lashed the tarred roofs of the huts until they glistened like the skin of a seal.
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Gusts of rain lashed down the narrow alleys; rickshaws sluiced through the water, more like boats than bicycles.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Giant waves continuously lashed the shore.
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One politician lashed Bush as being the president of the wealthy.
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Several of the men were lashed for falling asleep on guard duty.
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The bags were lashed tightly to the roof of the jeep.
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The sailors made a raft by lashing tree-trunks together.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Casey lashes out as he kicks his legs free.
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He briefly considered lashing out on a taxi, but only briefly.
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In a fury, he lashed the horse on.
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Instantly Oliver lashed it harshly with the whip, lashed its mate, leaped to the ground and kept on lashing.
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Mark lashed the windmill to the inevitable bamboo pole, and we tried propping it near the stern.
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One or two lashed out, but most did nothing.
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The people applaud politely when speakers lash out at Gov.
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Then he lashed his horses and round and round the walls of Troy he dragged all that was left of glorious Hector.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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She noticed that his eyes were very dark and intense, with long black lashes .
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Almost inhumanly silver-hued eyes set in a bed of black lashes .
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She wanted to die ... Damian's black lashes flickered.
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She smiled in triumph, making her wide-set green eyes squeeze back into their thick black fringe of lashes .
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His black lashes were thick and long, his skin warm, and she wanted to touch and be touched.
dark
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Peach-faced innocents, With peeking eyes, Through dark fringed lashes , Watch, expecting.
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Marguerite had blue eyes and dark lashes .
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Ashley shot him a cautious glance from beneath her fringe of thick dark lashes .
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They were nearly sky blue with touches of amphetamine pink at the corners and long dark lashes .
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Emily Groundwater's eyes opened widely, and he saw that they were smoke-grey, fringed by long dark lashes .
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Go for sludgy, smudgy shadows that eclipse the eye, giving shape and shade, dark thick lashes and structured brows.
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They were a blue so deep that it was almost sapphire, and were thickly fringed with dark lashes .
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Its ears rested flat back and the long dark lashes interlocked over closed eyes.
long
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She noticed that his eyes were very dark and intense, with long black lashes .
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The doctor was gone and Wallace, with his yellow papers, was standing gracefully handsomely, with his long lashes .
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Emily Groundwater's eyes opened widely, and he saw that they were smoke-grey, fringed by long dark lashes .
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She had astonishingly long lashes and lips like ripe cherries, dark red and luminous.
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When she fluttered the long lashes of her baby blue eyes she had the timeless charm of Olive Oyl or Betty Boop.
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Janir turned under his blanket, his eyelids dark and still, his long lashes lying on his cheek.
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Its ears rested flat back and the long dark lashes interlocked over closed eyes.
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Rich, full, dark-eyed, with long lashes , ripples of silky black hair.
thick
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Ashley shot him a cautious glance from beneath her fringe of thick dark lashes .
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Dolly had to admit she was lovely, with striking dark brown eyes and long thick lashes .
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The skin tone, the shine on the dark hair, the thick sweep of lashes , were lifelike.
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She gazed at him through her thick lashes .
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Go for sludgy, smudgy shadows that eclipse the eye, giving shape and shade, dark thick lashes and structured brows.
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She straightened up, thick lashes veiling her expression as Jill followed her into the room.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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They were each given 50 lashes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Almost inhumanly silver-hued eyes set in a bed of black lashes.
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He was well over six feet, his hair was black and his eyes gleamed amber from between luxuriant lashes.
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His inscrutable glance met hers and then his heavy lashes dropped as he released the lacy strap.
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Only use eyelash curlers if your lashes are very straight.
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Patrick Foster was sentenced to 70 lashes in 1995.
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She noticed that his eyes were very dark and intense, with long black lashes.
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The skin tone, the shine on the dark hair, the thick sweep of lashes, were lifelike.
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Then, looking down, brush lower lashes in the same way.