lash

1. 1.

   any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

   Synonymseyelashcilium

   Broaderhair

   Part ofeyelid
2. 2.

   leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

   Synonymsthong

   Broaderleather strip

   Part ofwhip
3. 3.

   a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

   “the whip raised a red welt”

   Synonymswhipwhiplash

   Broaderblow

Other forms of lash

plural

lashes·

past tense

lashed·

present participle

lashing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lash

What does lash mean?

lash means "beat severely with a whip or rod". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lash?

lash has 1 syllable: lash. In IPA it is /ˈlæʃ/.

What is another word for lash?

Close synonyms include flog, welt, whip, lather, slash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of lash?

The recorded antonyms are unlash.

Is lash a common word?

lash is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lash?

1 word rhymes with lash. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.