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1. Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
   - whipping, tanning, flogging, flagellation
    
2. Rope that is used for fastening something to something else
   "the boats were held together by lashings"

1. Violently urging on by whipping or flogging
   "looked at the lashing riders"

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"

Derived forms: lashings

See also: violent

Type of: beat, beat up, beating, bind, drubbing, fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast, lacing, licking, rope, strike, sway, swing, thrashing, tie, trouncing, whacking, work over

Antonym: unlash

Encyclopedia: Lash