Lash (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Antonyms

• Unlash

Hypernyms

• Bind

Meaning ²

Beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

• The captain ordered his men to lash the prisoner who had disobeyed orders.
• She was punished by being made to lashes herself in the public square.
• The cruel slave owner used to lash his slaves for every minor mistake.
• The authorities made an example of the unruly prisoner by publicly lashing him.
• The overworked horse was regularly lashed by its unkind owner.

Synonyms

• Whip
• Trounce
• Lather
• Welt
• Slash
• Flog
• Strap

Hypernyms

• Work Over
• Beat Up
• Beat

Hyponyms

• Leather
• Birch
• Scourge
• Flagellate
• Horsewhip
• Cowhide
• Switch
• Cat

Related Words

• Lash (noun)

Meaning ³

Strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Whip

Hypernyms

• Strike

Hyponyms

• Urticate

Related Words

• Lash (noun)

Meaning ⁴

Lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

• Sway