Meaning

• The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

• A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

• A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.

  "The culprit received thirty-nine lashes."

• A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

• A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

• In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

Meaning

• To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

• To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.

• To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

• To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.

• To ply the whip; to strike.

• To utter censure or sarcastic language.

• (of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down