lash

/læʃ/ verb

Definition

› [I, T] If wind or rain lashes against something, the wind or rain is very strong and hits or blows hard against it: Rain lashed against the window. Wind and heavy rain lashed the palm trees.

lash sth down/together, etc › to tie something firmly to something else: The boxes had been lashed together with ropes.

(Definition of lash verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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