lash
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
Types & categories
- hair hypernym
Parts & wholes
- lid part holonym
Related & opposite
- ciliate derivation
Sense 2 verb
beat severely with a whip or rod
The teacher often flogged the students
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
Types & categories
- leather strip hypernym
Parts & wholes
- whip part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
lash or flick about sharply
The lion lashed its tail
Types & categories
- swing hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
the whip raised a red welt
Types & categories
- blow hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
strike as if by whipping
The curtain whipped her face
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
bind with a rope, chain, or cord
lash the horse
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- unlash antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ciliate |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lid |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hair |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whiplash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whacking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whipping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thong |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whip |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | switcher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wale |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flagellate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | leather |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | horsewhip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | switch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cowhide |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | birch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lash |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | whip |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | whip |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | leather strip |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | swing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lash |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | whip |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | blow |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | whiplash |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | thong |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | strike |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | urticate |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | unlash |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | tie |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | frap |