Lash | Mean of lash in English Dictionary

/ˈlæʃ/

• Verb
• to hit (a person or animal) with a whip, stick, or something similar
1. The sailor was lashed for disobeying the captain.
2. The jockey lashed (away) at the horse with his whip.
• to hit (something) with force
1. Rain lashed the side of the house.
2. Waves lashed the shore.
3. Waves lashed at the shore.
• to make a sudden and angry attack against (someone)
1. The singer lashed her critics with angry words.
2. The singer lashed back at her critics.
3. He lashed out at the government for its failure to cut taxes.
4. The cat suddenly lashed out at me when I tried to pet it.

• to cause (a group of people) to become angry or violent
1. He lashed [=whipped] the mob into a fury with his violent words.
• to move (the tail) from side to side in a forceful way
1. The tiger lashed its tail.
2. The tiger's tail was lashing from side to side.
• Noun
• a hit with a whip
1. They gave the sailor 50 lashes for disobeying orders.
• the punishment of being hit with a whip
1. The disobedient sailors were threatened with the lash.
• the thin piece on the end of a whip
• Verb
• to tie (something) to an object with a rope, cord, or chain
1. They lashed the canoe to the top of the car.
2. He lashed the logs together to make a raft.
3. Everything was lashed down securely so that it wouldn't blow away.