LASH

vt to throw out with a jerk or quickly.

2. lash ·noun a leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

3. lash ·noun the thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

4. lash ·noun a hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

5. lash ·vt to strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

6. lash ·noun a stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

7. lash ·vi to ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.

8. lash ·noun a stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

9. lash ·noun in carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

10. lash ·noun to bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.

11. lash ·vt to scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

12. lash ·vt to strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.