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Lash


Definition:

  • (n.) The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
  • (n.) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
  • (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
  • (n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
  • (n.) A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
  • (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
  • (v. t.) To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
  • (v. t.) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.
  • (v. t.) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
  • (v. t.) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.
  • (v. i.) To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.
  • (n.) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The conclusions lead us to recommend wide surgical excision for those melanomas arising on the lash margins.
  • (2) His shot, though, was pawed on to the inside of the post by David Marshall and it was left to Victor Wanyama to lash the loose ball into the empty net.
  • (3) I look back at those moments with shame – you look to your parents to protect you so, when it seems they are falling apart, you lash out at them because you feel vulnerable.
  • (4) The initial effort was poor, hit straight into the wall, but Sánchez took out his anger on the rebound, lashing it through the wall on the volley and past Silvio Proto.
  • (5) Windshields, spectacles, contact lenses, lashes, an excessive tear meniscus, intraocular lens scratches, and posterior capsular opacification are possible causes that can be easily identified and treated.
  • (6) Everton were level as Barkley lashed the ball past John Ruddy with his left foot after Seamus Coleman had cut inside from the right flank.
  • (7) The head of the New South Wales taxi council has lashed out at Labor leader Luke Foley’s support for Uber, likening the system to “WorkChoices on steroids”.
  • (8) But the Brownlow Medallist missed other chances and appeared to lash out at Scott Thompson in a messy exchange, as Sydney missed the preliminary finals for the first time in four seasons.
  • (9) Intracutaneous sterile water injections have been reported to relieve acute labor pain and cervical pain in whip-lash patients.
  • (10) John Terry made the decisive contact, lashing in the loose ball, then quickly went back to making sure his own defence was not so generous.
  • (11) Meanwhile, a leading coal industry lobby group, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, dismissed the report as “unsubstantiated scare tactics and hyperbole” and lashed out at Obama for moving ahead on power plant regulations.
  • (12) The email also lashed out at the New York Times 's “sloppy” reporting, echoing a previous strategy of attacking the MSNBC network over its coverage of the so-called “Bridgegate” scandal.
  • (13) Exacerbations of signs and symptoms recurred when lashes regrew.
  • (14) Higuain picks up the ball and lashes a shot across the face of goal from the left.
  • (15) She was originally sentenced to 99 lashes, but her case was reopened when a court in Tabriz suspected her of murdering her husband.
  • (16) • This article was amended on 15 June 2015 to clarify that a letter Badawi dictated from prison was not published first by Der Spiegel, but is the preface to a book of his writings, 1,000 Lashes.
  • (17) Ribery lashes the thing towards goal with thunderous fury, Pyatov does well to get down and save, but Mamadou Sakho is on hand to tuck the ball home from close range.
  • (18) Sunderland’s right-back, Santiago Vergini, inadvertently gave Southampton the lead by lashing the ball into his own net in the 12th minute, and that signalled the start of a barmy encounter that had home fans in raptures and Sunderland in tatters.
  • (19) But only now, when the world's biggest economies have been lashed by the fallout from the irrational exuberance of the markets, has the idea captured the imagination of their leaders, including Gordon Brown , right.
  • (20) Morgan Tsvangirai , the principal challenger to Robert Mugabe for the presidency of Zimbabwe, has said a credible election next week is all but impossible and lashed out at the head of the African Union for backing his rival.

Last


Definition:

  • (3d pers. sing. pres.) of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.
  • (a.) Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.
  • (a.) Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.
  • (a.) Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
  • (a.) Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.
  • (a.) Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft.
  • (a.) At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York.
  • (a.) In conclusion; finally.
  • (a.) At a time next preceding the present time.
  • (v. i.) To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.
  • (v. i.) To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter.
  • (v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.
  • (v. t.) To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.
  • (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.
  • (n.) The burden of a ship; a cargo.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These data indicate a steady improvement in laboratory performance over the last 10 years.
  • (2) City badly missed Yaya Touré, on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, and have not won a league match since last April when he has been missing.
  • (3) Future Brown have connections in the fashion industry, last year soundtracking a surreal film for the brand Telfar.
  • (4) "This is the third event in the last few days following An-26 and SU-25 planes being brought down.
  • (5) Peripheral vascular surgery has become an increasingly common mode of treatment in non-university, community hospitals in Sweden during the last decade.
  • (6) Michael Schumacher’s manager hopes F1 champion ‘will be here again one day’ Read more Last year, Red Bull were frustrated by Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda as they desperately looked for a new engine supplier.
  • (7) In each study, all subjects underwent four replications (over two days) of one of the six permutations of the three experimental conditions; each condition lasted 5 min.
  • (8) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
  • (9) All the patients told about a comfortable feeling of warmth after each treatment lasting for one two days.
  • (10) It comes in defiant journalism, like the story televised last week of a gardener in Aleppo who was killed by bombs while tending his roses and his son, who helped him, orphaned.
  • (11) TR was classified as follows: severe (massive systolic opacification and persistence of the microbubbles in the IVC for at least 20 seconds); moderate (moderate systolic opacification lasting less than 20 seconds); mild (slight systolic opacification lasting less than 10 seconds); insignificant TR (sporadic appearance of the contrast medium into the IVC).
  • (12) I would immediately look askance at anyone who lacks the last and possesses the first.
  • (13) David Cameron last night hit out at his fellow world leaders after the G8 dropped the promise to meet the historic aid commitments made at Gleneagles in 2005 from this year's summit communique.
  • (14) A new propaganda video by Islamic State featuring the British photojournalist John Cantlie, in which he says it is the “last film in this series”, has appeared online.
  • (15) Maternal diabetes and antihistamine use during the last 2 weeks of pregnancy were associated with significantly higher rates of retrolental fibroplasia, whereas toxemia was associated with lower rates.
  • (16) A review is presented concerning the development of new neuroimaging techniques in the last decade which have improved the diagnostic exploration of patients with spinal cord injuries, including studies of possible sequelae.
  • (17) The discussion on topics like post-schooling and rehabilitation of motorists has intensified the contacts between advocates of traffic law and traffic psychologists in the last years.
  • (18) Though the 54-year-old designer made brief returns to the limelight after his fall from grace, designing a one-off collection for Oscar de la Renta last year , his appointment at Margiela marks a more permanent comeback.
  • (19) In a Bloomberg article last week, for example, one Stanford student compared women who get raped to unlocked bicycles : ‘Do I deserve to have my bike stolen if I leave it unlocked on the quad?’ [Chris] Herries, 22, said.
  • (20) Mary's grief, which lasts for about the first half of the two-hour premiere special, is the finest work of the series so far by Michelle Dockery.

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