to be sentenced to the lash

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• lash — I UK [læʃ] / US verb Word forms lash : present tense I/you/we/they lash he/she/it lashes present participle lashing past tense lashed past participle lashed 1) [transitive] to tie something firmly to something else, or to tie two things together… …   English dictionary

• lash — lash1 [ læʃ ] noun count 1. ) a hit with a whip or a thin stick: The court sentenced her to eight years in jail and 500 lashes. 2. ) a quick or violent movement of an animal s tail 3. ) the thin piece of leather forming the main part of a whip 4 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lash — [[t]læ̱ʃ[/t]] lashes, lashing, lashed 1) N COUNT: usu pl Your lashes are the hairs that grow on the edge of your upper and lower eyelids. ...sombre grey eyes, with unusually long lashes... Joanna studied him through her lashes. Syn: eyelash 2)… …   English dictionary

• lash — I. /læʃ / (say lash) noun 1. the flexible part of a whip; the piece of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip. 2. a swift stroke or blow, with a whip, etc., as a punishment: sentenced to fifty lashes. 3. a sharp stroke given to the… …  

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