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Adjective lashing has 1 sense
- lashing - violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders"
Antonym: nonviolent (indirect, via violent)
Noun lashing has 2 senses
- whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
--1 is a kind of beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
--1 has particulars: self-flagellation; horsewhipping
- lashing - rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"
--2 is a kind of rope; fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
Verb lash has 4 senses
- flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
--1 is one way to beat, beat up, work over
Sample sentence:
They want to lash the prisoners
- lash - lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail"
--2 is one way to swing, sway
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- whip, lash - strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
--3 is one way to strike
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- lash - bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse"
--4 is one way to tie, bind
Antonyms: unlash
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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