| NOUN | act | lashing, whipping, tanning, flogging, flagellation | beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment |
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| artifact | lashing | rope that is used for fastening something to something else | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | lashing | violently urging on by whipping or flogging |
| Sounds | lae'shihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | violently urging on by whipping or flogging. | |
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| Example | "looked at the lashing riders" | |
| Broader | violent | Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity |
| Meaning | Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment. | |
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| Synonyms | whipping, tanning, flogging, flagellation | |
| Narrower | horsewhipping | The act of whipping with a horsewhip |
| self-flagellation | self-punishment inflicted by whipping | |
| Broader | beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking | The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows |
| Spanish | azotamiento, flagelación | |
| Catalan | flagelación | |
| Meaning | rope that is used for fastening something to something else. | |
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| Example | "the boats were held together by lashings" | |
| Broader | fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place |
| rope | A strong line | |
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