leathered

verb

past tense of leather
as in whipped
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible an expert rider will find almost no reason to leather a horse

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Recent Examples of leathered The main space includes a custom kitchen with an induction Verona stove, leathered granite counters and a large copper farmhouse sink. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026 Inside, the home features 10-foot coffered ceilings, white oak floors, and a kitchen with a La Cornue range and light leathered marble countertops. — Businessden, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026 Mirrors have a patina, coffee tables are leathered and trunk-like. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025 Mounting annoyance manifested itself in bizarre fashion last night when manager Chris Wilder, walking towards the tunnel at half-time, leathered a ball into the crowd in anger, above. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Heeled, bubbled, square-toed, strapped or leathered out with metal accents like Longoria’s, the shape is proving its range. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leathered
  1. whipped
  2. tanned
  3. slashed
  4. flicked
  5. lashed
  6. slapped
  7. thrashed
Verb
  • The next morning, the wind whipped the lake to a froth, making the crossing to the river’s outlet impossible.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
  • And, alas, there isn't the customary chain saw whipped out at the end.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • In racy photos posted by Kardashian, the longtime Kardashian-Jenner family friend is seen toned and tanned, her hair messy.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Blond, blue-eyed and perpetually tanned, Harmon served as Groucho Marx’s assistant on the 1961 CBS game show Tell It to Groucho, then starred as a girl in Hawaii who gets mixed up in a robbery in the beach party movie One Way Wahine (1965).
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of tanned
Verb
  • Globally, private sector space companies have slashed costs and sped up innovation.
    — Amy Gunia, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
  • Trump has claimed without substantiation that vandals dumped fertilizer into the pool and slashed the coating with a box cutter.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of slashed
Verb
  • Then the movie ended, and someone flicked the lights, and people wiped their faces and checked their apps and the door opened for a chilly evening breeze.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
  • An Argentine corner kick went long across the Cape Verde box after being flicked on and Lissandro Martínez was stationed at the far post.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of flicked
Verb
  • Before the movie was even released, Roberts lashed out at Nolte in The New York Times.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
  • The sun lashed everyone who arrived — some voluntarily, others hooked and lowered like cattle into the mines.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
Definition of lashed
Verb
  • Women slapped their heads with their hands in mourning, while men beat their chests in unison, a tradition observed at Shia Muslim funerals.
    — Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
  • Chestnut drunkenly slapped a man at a bar in Indiana and pleaded guilty to the charge in April.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of slapped
Verb
  • France’s hopes of winning the World Cup are gone after getting thrashed by Spain in the semi-final.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • Critics and fanboy media thrashed Supergirl not just for its Guardians of the Galaxy touchstones, but also for aping Mad Max.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 June 2026
Definition of thrashed

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