lash

Meanings

• any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
• leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
• a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
• beat severely with a whip or rod
• lash or flick about sharply
  • "The lion lashed its tail"
• strike as if by whipping
• bind with a rope, chain, or cord
  • "lash the horse"

Synonyms

cilium, eyelash, flog, lather, slash, strap, thong, trounce, welt, whip, whiplash