Topic: HUMAN
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lash2 [countable]
1 a hit with a whip, especially as a punishment : 
They were each given fifty lashes.
They were each given fifty lashes.2 [usually plural]HBH one of the hairs that grow around the edge of your eyes [= eyelash]
3 a sudden or violent movement like that of a whip : With a lash of its tail, the lion sprang at its prey.
With a lash of its tail, the lion sprang at its prey.4 the thin piece of leather at the end of a whip
