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lashes down

lashes down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lash down.

Meaning of lash down

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To secure with ropes; to tie down
  2. (intransitive) To rain heavily.
    • I'm feeling so alive, feeling so real
      On a stormy night, the rain is coming down
      Rain like never before
      I've got some records on, some bottles of wine
      On a stormy night, the rain is lashing down
      And I'm waiting for her.1995, Ash, Goldfinger

Questions about lashes down

What is lashes down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lashes down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lash down.

Words near lashes down in the dictionary

  1. lashed up
  2. lasher
  3. lashers
  4. lashes
  5. lashes back
  6. lashes down
  7. lashes off
  8. lashes oneself to the mast
  9. lashes out
  10. lashes together
  11. lashes up

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