lash

/læʃ/ verb

Translation

› [I, T] If wind or rain lashes against something, the wind or rain is very strong and hits or blows hard against it.

(yağmur, rüzgâr vb.) çarpmak, vurmak, kamçılamak, kırbaçlamak, dövmek

Rain lashed against the window. Wind and heavy rain lashed the palm trees.15131509

lash sth down/together, etc › to tie something firmly to something else

sıkıca bağlamak, sıkı sıkıya bağlamak

The boxes had been lashed together with ropes.1962

lash out phrasal verb

HIT › to suddenly hit someone

vurmak, saldırmak

He lashed out and caught her on the side of the face.583

CRITICIZE › to criticize someone angrily

azarlamak, çatmak, şiddetle eleştirmek

He lashed out at the government for refusing to take action.1173

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

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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