verb🔗ShareFouetter, cinglerTo strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one."The farmer was lashing the stubborn donkey with a switch to get it to move. "Le fermier fouettait l'âne têtu avec une branche pour le faire bouger.actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFouetter, cinglerTo strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash."The angry wind was lashing the trees with rain. "Le vent en colère fouettait les arbres avec la pluie.actionweatherChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFouetter, lancerTo throw out with a jerk or quickly."The dog, excited to see his owner, was lashing his tail back and forth. "Le chien, excité de voir son maître, fouettait sa queue d'avant en arrière.actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRéprimander, critiquer sévèrement, fustigerTo scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity."The teacher was lashing out at the students for their consistently late assignments. "Le professeur réprimandait les élèves pour leurs devoirs constamment en retard.languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFouetter, frapperTo ply the whip; to strike."The angry coach was lashing the side of the dugout with his baseball bat. "L'entraîneur en colère frappait le côté du dugout avec sa batte de baseball.actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCritiquer, fustigerTo utter censure or sarcastic language."Seeing the messy room, the mother began lashing out at her son for his carelessness. "En voyant la chambre en désordre, la mère a commencé à critiquer son fils pour son insouciance.languagecommunicationwritingwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTomber à verse, s'abattre(of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down"The rain was lashing down, so we decided to stay inside and watch a movie. "La pluie tombait à verse, nous avons donc décidé de rester à l'intérieur et de regarder un film.weatherChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAttacher, fixer avec une cordeTo bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten."The sailor was lashing the boxes to the deck of the ship to prevent them from sliding during the storm. "Le marin attachait les caisses au pont du navire pour les empêcher de glisser pendant la tempête.nauticalsailingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAmarre, attacheSomething used to tie something or lash it to something."The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard."Les amarres, qui maintenaient le coffre sur le pont du navire ballotté par la tempête, ont cédé, et il est passé par-dessus bord.nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDes tas de, beaucoup de(in the form "lashings of"): plenty of"Lashings of ginger beer"Des tas de bière au gingembreamountfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFouet, flagellation, châtimentThe act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement."The student expected a verbal lashing from the teacher after failing the test. "L'élève s'attendait à une réprimande verbale de la part du professeur après avoir échoué au test.actionmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
