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lashing

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈlæʃɪŋ/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æʃɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 SH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Something used to tie something or lash it to something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation, chastisement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The or an act of lashing; a heavy falling or downpour (of rain).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Lots; a great amount.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, countable, in-plural, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of lash

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

Examples

  • the rain was lashing down

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

violently urging on by whipping or flogging

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • looked at the lashing riders

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: whipping, tanning, flogging, flagellation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking

Narrower terms: self-flagellation, horsewhipping

8

noun

Meaning 8

rope that is used for fastening something to something else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the boats were held together by lashings

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing, rope

History

Etymology

From lash + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: въжета (vǎžeta) — Something used to tie something or lash it to something
  • Czech: uvazovací lano — Something used to tie something or lash it to something
  • Czech: vazák — Something used to tie something or lash it to something
  • Czech: kotevní lano — Something used to tie something or lash it to something
  • Russian: найтов (najtov) — Something used to tie something or lash it to something