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lash(4)(dictionary)
lash(medicine)
LASH(dictionary)
lash(3)(dictionary)
lash(2)(dictionary)
lash 1, verb(dictionary)
Lash - Sailing(gambling)
Lash, Abraham Fae(medicine)
Lash's operation(medicine)

lash(4) (iou)



lash verb1. ME.
[Perh. imit.]
I. Move swiftly or suddenly (now freq. coloured by branch II).
verb intrans. Make a sudden movement; dash, dart, spring; (of rain etc.) pour, rush. Usu. foll. by adverb or adverbial phr. ME.
J. Ruskin A lizard..one expects..to lash round the shaft and vanish. J. le Carre A strong sea wind lashed at his city suit. impers.: Woman's Own It could have lashed down with rain the whole time.
a. verb trans. Assail, attack. Only in ME.
b. verb intrans. Let fly, rush (at); strike or hit out violently; (of a horse) kick out. LME.
I. Murdoch We lashed out, hoping that our blows were falling..upon the unrighteous. I. McEwan The other lashed back and..scratched the first man's eye.
verb trans. Dash, throw, apply liberally. ME.
Hair Flair The lotions we lash on our hair, the potions we put on our face.
verb trans. Lavish, squander. Usu. foll. by out. E16.
b. Pour out or forth impetuously (words etc.). E16-M17.
verb intrans. Of a person: rush into excess; break out into violent language; be lavish. Foll. by out. M16.
J. Wain You're abroad now. Why don't you lash out a bit?
II. spec. with ref. to LASH noun1.
verb trans. Beat or strike with a lash etc.; flog, scourge. Also transf., beat on or against. LME.
P. Theroux The rain lashed Jerry's face.
b. fig. Castigate in words, rebuke, satirize. L16.
Time Bob Bergland..lashes Earl Butz's laissez-faire policies.
verb trans. Urge or drive by, or as by, lashes. L16.
lash oneself into a fury work oneself into a rage.
lashed adjective (a) beaten with or as with a whip; (b) colloq. drunk, intoxicated: E17.
lashingly adverb in a lashing manner; by means of lashing: L16.