Definition of lashing
: something used for binding, wrapping, or fastening
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Examples of lashing in a Sentence
They gave the sailor a lashing.
She put lashings of butter on her muffin.
Recent Examples of lashing from the Web
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What started as a verbal lashing turned violent after the son tried to push Alvarado away from him, according to KABB.
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And the lashing of Jesus — not by a single centurion but by a large section of the ensemble, taking turns in a sequence choreographed by Camille A. Brown with fierce vigor — was shattering.
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According to an informal survey of snowbirds outside the Honey Pot, most come to escape the lashing of Northern winters.
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Marc Jacobs Beauty, Nars, Estée Lauder, and Maybelline have all extended their shade offerings in the last year, and brands that were slow to pivot faced a public lashing.
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Kobach received several tongue-lashings from U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson during the trial and subsequent contempt hearing for failing to follow the rules of civil procedure and not adhering to her previous orders in the case.
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Some historic accounts nonetheless have Guyanese women and a girl as young as seven years old taking hundreds of lashings during a single punishment.
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Sometimes weak cages collapse under a rope's lashing and form a CME.
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Helen Gurley Brown subsisted on a strict regimen with lashings of vitamin pills and the occasional restaurant meal of plain broiled fish.
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First Known Use of lashing
1669
LASHING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of lashing for English Language Learners
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: the act of hitting someone with a whip as a form of punishment
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lashings : ropes used for tying, wrapping, or connecting things
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lashings : a large amount of something
LASHING Defined for Kids
Definition of lashing for Students
: something used for tying, wrapping, or fastening
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