lashed

[ lasht ]

/ læʃt /

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adjective

having lashes or eyelashes, especially of a specified kind or description (usually used in combination): long-lashed blue eyes.

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Origin of lashed

First recorded in 1770–80; lash¹ + -ed³

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How to use lashed in a sentence

He is to be lashed 50 times each Friday after prayers until it reaches 1,000 lashes.
Wife of Jailed Saudi Blogger: My Husband Is a Victim of the Thought Police|Ensaf Haidar, Advancing Human Rights|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An angry mob brandishing machetes, stones, and knives lashed out.
The Fear That Killed Eight Ebola Workers|Abby Haglage|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Adultery is criminalized, and young women who sleep with boyfriends before marriage can be lashed.
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Predictably, the Chinese government lashed out and called the idea “disrespectful” and “provocative.”
Why China Hates This New D.C. Street Name|David Keyes|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On Thursday, fans lashed out against Beyoncé when she posted a picture to Instagram of herself playing golf on vacation.
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Two or three deep-eyed, long-lashed Monegasque men smiled at her kindly, as Monegasque men and Italians smile at all children.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
A fifty-mile breeze lashed us spitefully, tugging at our shirt-sleeves and drowning our voices, while we halted on that pinnacle.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The big ocean liners lashed to port and starboard cut us off from air as well as light and one of them is loaded with Cheddar.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The driver wanted no directions, but lashed his horse into full speed without the delay of an instant.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
Then we packed, placed the sullen captives in the saddle with hands lashed stoutly, mounted our horses and recrossed the river.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for lashed (1 of 2)

lashed

/ (læʃʃt) /

adjective

British informal intoxicated; drunk

British Dictionary definitions for lashed (2 of 2)

-lashed

adjective

having eyelashes as specifiedlong-lashed

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British Dictionary definitions for lashed (1 of 2)

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