Definitions for lashes

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lashes lash

Spelling: [lash]

IPA: /læʃ/

Lashes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in lashes (aehlss).

Definitions for lashes

noun

1. the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
2. a swift stroke or blow, with a whip or the like, given as a punishment:
3. something that goads or pains in a manner compared to that of a whip:
4. a swift dashing or sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; switch.
5. a violent beating or impact, as of waves or rain, against something.
6. an eyelash.
7. Also called neck cord. a cord or a series of cords for lifting the warp in weaving a figured fabric.
8. an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.

verb (used with object)

1. to strike or beat, as with a whip or something similarly slender and flexible.
2. to beat violently or sharply against:
3. to drive by or as if by strokes of a whip:
4. to attack, scold, or punish severely with words:
5. to dash, fling, or switch suddenly and swiftly:
6. to bind or fasten with a rope, cord, or the like.

verb (used without object)

1. to strike vigorously at someone or something, as with a weapon or whip (often followed by out):
2. to attack or reprove someone with harsh words (often followed by out):
3. to move suddenly and swiftly; rush, dash, or flash:
4. Chiefly British. to spend money lavishly or foolishly (usually followed by out).

Origin of lashes

1300-50; Middle English lashe (noun), lashen (v.); perhaps of expressive orig.

Examples for lashes

But the lash of the whip found his face, and marked it for a time worse than the small-pox.

His hand was smarting as though struck with the lash of a whip.

But all of them add up to a coiled-up rage, ready to lash out at the nearest target.

Hammami followed his video by taking to Twitter to lash out at Shabaab and its emir.

The unending negotiations have given Israel the domestic stability to lash out in the region, using its American made weapons.

Even the puling creature writhed under the lash of Mary's tones.

And when you peacefully protest their stereotyping of you, they lash back at you and they call you horrendous, horrific names.

But having a raisin in my mouth I could not on the instant respond to the lash.

And activists have used the semi-anonymity of social media to lash out against the government.

Does it hold back the lash from the slave, or sweeten his bitter bread?