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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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