lash

/læʃ/

noun

1
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
2
A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
3
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
“The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.”
4
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
5
A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6
In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

1
To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
2
To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
3
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
4
To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
5
To ply the whip; to strike.
6
To utter censure or sarcastic language.
7
(of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down

1
To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
“lash a pack on a horse's back”

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