1. Beat severely with a whip or rod
   "The sailor was lashd for disobedience";
   - flog, welt, whip, lather, slash, strap, trounce, whale [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Lash or flick about sharply
   "The lion lashed its tail"
    
3. Strike as if by whipping
   "The curtain lashed her face";
   - whip
    
4. Bind with a rope, chain, or cord
   "lash the horse"
    
5. [Brit, informal] Spend money extravagantly, esp. to indulge oneself
   "He lashed out on expensive electronics during the sale";
   - splurge [informal], splash out [Brit, informal], lash out [Brit, informal]

1. Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
   "The crack of the lash echoed through the air";
   - thong
    
2. A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
   "the lash raised a red welt";
   - whip, whiplash
    
3. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
   "Her long lashes fluttered as she blinked";
   - eyelash, cilium

Derived forms: lashing, lashed, lashes

Type of: beat, beat up, bind, blow, consume, hair, leather strip, squander, strike, sway, swing, tie, ware [archaic], waste, work over [informal]

Antonym: unlash

Part of: eyelid, lid, palpebra, whip

Encyclopedia: Lash, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad