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Meanings of lash in English

Portuguese
pestana
Catalan
pestanya
Spanish
pestaña
Wikidata

One of the hairs that grows on the eyelid, around the eyes.

        pestana
        Catalan
        fuetada

        A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object.

              fuetada
              Portuguese
              chicotear
              Catalan
              assotar
              Spanish
              zurrar

              Beat severely with a whip or rod.

                  chicotear
                  Portuguese
                  tira de couro
                  Catalan
                  tralla

                  Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip.

                        tira de couro
                        Usage of lash in English
                        1
                        Beresford cracked the long lash and Cuffy leaned forward in the traces.
                        Man-Size
                        2
                        The virtue of submission is in the lash, it supples like seeds.
                        Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
                        3
                        Willem wanted to lash out at someone; he felt confused and dissatisfied.
                        Navigators of Dune
                        4
                        The next move of the chums was to lash the buoys together.
                        Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis / Or, Two Midshipmen as N...
                        5
                        The borders did not include Victoria, causing Mr Andrews to lash out.
                        News.com.au
                        6
                        The thought smote him with the lash of fear-thefear of himself.
                        The Voice of the People
                        7
                        The splendid animal never before had felt the lash of a whip.
                        The Kentucky Ranger
                        8
                        A wrapper of deerskin is provided in which to lash the load.
                        The Drama of the Forests: Romance and Adventure
                        9
                        He slid the black lash off from the scroll and unfurled it.
                        Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet Earth
                        10
                        He extemporized a Magnus lash along his thigh and pulled it free.
                        Spellwright
                        11
                        In the emotional matter of love, men and women so often lash.
                        Hints for Lovers
                        12
                        When the lash was administered and the slave wiggled, the barrel moved.
                        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
                        13
                        All of her heroes and heroines know the lash of the law.
                        The Greatest English Classic / A Study of the King James Version...
                        14
                        She had so plied the lash that it cut to the quick.
                        A Hoosier Chronicle
                        15
                        Standing at the post, in a helpless condition, he receives the lash.
                        The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
                        16
                        The sleeping drivers and delinquent horses frequently received touches of the lash.
                        Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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