A Quick and Simple Dictionary

lash

1. Noun.  The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
2. Noun.  (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
3. Noun.  A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
4. Noun.  A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
5. Noun.  A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6. Noun.  In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
10. Verb.  (transitive) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.
11. Verb.  (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
12. Verb.  (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
13. Verb.  (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
14. Verb.  (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase ''lash down''.
15. Adjective.  (obsolete) Remiss, lax.
16. Adjective.  (obsolete) Relaxed.
17. Adjective.  Soft, watery, wet.
18. Adjective.  (context, Mid-Ulster) excellent, wonderful.
19. Adjective.  Drunk.