Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Määritelmät
Adjektiivit
Verbit
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
Substantiivit
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
- 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.
- In British English, it refers to heavy drinking with friends, (i.e. We were out on the lash last night)
Esimerkit
- I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
- The culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
- The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.
- But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.
- We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. — John Dryden
- Carlo Ancelotti's out-of-sorts team struggled to hit the target in the first half as Bolton threatened with Matthew Taylor lashing just wide.
- And big waves lash the frighted shores. — John Dryden
- the whale lashes the sea with its tail.
- He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. — John Dryden
- to lash vice
- To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. — John Dryden
- With rain lashing across the ground at kick-off and every man in Auckland seemingly either English-born or supporting Scotland, Eden Park was transformed into Murrayfield in March.
- to lash something to a spar
- lash a pack on a horse's back
- 1658: Fruits being unwholesome and lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 211)
- We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash!
- That Chinese (food) was lash!
- You'll receive ten lashes as punishment.
- You won't act so proud when you feel the touch of the lash.
- thunder, lightning and gale-force winds will lash Britain this week
- ..but, vaguely regarding the flowers, she let the tears collect on her lashes and stream down her cheeks unheeding. (Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë)
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | lashed | Partisiipin perfekti | lasht (vanhentunut) |
| Imperfekti | lashed | Imperfekti | lasht (vanhentunut) |
| Partisiipin preesens | lashing | Monikko | lashes |
| Komparatiivi | more lash | Superlatiivi | most lash |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | lashes |