lashed

Verb

lash (third-person singular simple present lashes, present participle lashing, simple past and past participle lashed)

1. (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
   • We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...

   Synonyms:

   whip

2. (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
   • Heavy seas lashed the shore.
3. (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
   • He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
4. (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.

   Synonyms:

   berate

5. (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
6. (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
   • In the final minute of six added on, Colombia would undo their good work, though, Pérez fumbling the ball allowing Hemp to lash into the empty net.2023 August 12, Suzanne Wrack, “England hit back to beat Colombia and set up World Cup semi with Australia”, in The Guardian

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