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lashing   (TTS Sound)

The noun lashing has 2 senses

• whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation -- (beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment)


• lashing -- (rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings")

The 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")


• lash -- (lash or flick about sharply; "The lion lashed its tail")


• whip, lash -- (strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face")


• lash -- (bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse")

The adj lashing has 1 sense

• lashing -- (violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders")