LASHING
Dictionary entry overview: What does lashing mean?
• LASHING (noun)
The noun LASHING has 2 senses:
1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
2. rope that is used for fastening something to something else
Familiarity information: LASHING used as a noun is rare.
• LASHING (adjective)
The adjective LASHING has 1 sense:
1. violently urging on by whipping or flogging
Familiarity information: LASHING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LASHING (noun)
Meaning:
Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
flagellation; flogging; lashing; whipping; tanning
Hypernyms ("lashing" is a kind of...):
beating; drubbing; lacing; licking; thrashing; trouncing; whacking (the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lashing"):
self-flagellation (self-punishment inflicted by whipping)
horsewhipping (the act of whipping with a horsewhip)
Meaning:
Rope that is used for fastening something to something else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the boats were held together by lashings
Hypernyms ("lashing" is a kind of...):
fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)
rope (a strong line)
• LASHING (adjective)
Meaning:
Violently urging on by whipping or flogging
Context example:
looked at the lashing riders
Similar:
violent (acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity)
