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1. Beat severely with a whip or rod
   "The teacher often lashed the students"
   - flog, welt, whip, lather, slash, strap, trounce
    
2. Lash or flick about sharply
   "The lion lashed its tail"
    
3. Strike as if by whipping
   "The curtain lashed her face"
   - whip
    
4. Bind with a rope, chain, or cord
   "lash the horse"

1. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
   - eyelash, cilium
    
2. Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
   - thong
    
3. A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
   "the lash raised a red welt"
   - whip, whiplash

Derived forms: lashed, lashing, lashes

See also: lash-like

Type of: beat, beat up, bind, blow, hair, leather strip, strike, sway, swing, tie, work over

Antonym: unlash

Part of: eyelid, lid, palpebra, whip

Encyclopedia: Lash