lash

1a (1) :  a stroke with or as if with a whip (2) :  the flexible part of a whip; also :  whipb :  punishment by whipping

2 :  a beating, whipping, or driving force

3 :  a stinging rebuke

4 :  eyelash

5 :  the clearance or play between adjacent movable mechanical parts

:  to bind with or as if with a line

1 :  to hit with a whip The rider lashed his horse.

2 :  to move forcefully from side to side The animal lashed his tail about.

3 :  to hit with force Rain lashed the windows.

4 :  to make a sudden and angry attack against He lashed out at his critics.

1 :  a blow with a whip or switch The pirate received 20 lashes.

2 :  the flexible part of a whip

3 :  eyelash

:  to tie or tie down with a rope or chain The first thing Timothy did was to lash our water keg high on a palm trunk. — Theodore Taylor, The Cay

:  eyelash