How to pronounce lash

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What lash means

verb

Most people know lash in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To tie something down tightly with rope

In a sentence: The sailors lash the barrels to the deck before the storm.

Where it comes from: This lash comes from an old French word meaning to lace. It is a different word from the lash of a whip or an eyelash.

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