Lash vs Try - What's the difference?
lash | try | Synonyms |
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
(label) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
* (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
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In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
In British English, it refers to heavy drinking with friends, (i.e. We were out on the lash last night)
To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
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, date=December 29
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To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.
To ply the whip; to strike.
To utter censure or sarcastic language.
(of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
* {{quote-news
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, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland
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To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
(obsolete) Remiss, lax.
(obsolete) Relaxed.
Soft, watery, wet.
* 1658': Fruits being unwholesome and '''lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 211)
(Ulster) excellent, wonderful
Drunk.
To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
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, title= (label) To divide; to separate.
# To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
#* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.vii:
# (label) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out .
To test, to work out.
# To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
# To put to test.
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# To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
# To put on trial.
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To experiment, to strive.
# To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
# To work on something.
# (label) To do; to fare.
# To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
(label) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
An attempt.
An act of tasting or sampling.
(rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
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(UK, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
(American football) a field goal or extra point
(obsolete) Fine, excellent.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.2:
Lash is a synonym of try.
As a noun lash
is the thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.As a verb lash
is to strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one or lash can be to bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.As an adjective lash
is (obsolete) remiss, lax.As an initialism try is
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English
Etymology 1
(en)Noun
(es)- I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
- The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.
Verb
(es)- We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. —
- the whale lashes the sea with its tail.
- And big waves lash the frighted shores. —
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- He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. —
- to lash vice
- To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. —
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See also
* lash outEtymology 2
From (etyl) lachier, from (etyl)Verb
(es)- to lash something to a spar
- lash a pack on a horse's back
Etymology 3
From (etyl) lasche'' (French '' ).Adjective
(en adjective)- ''We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash !
- That Chinese (food) was lash !
try
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Replaced native (etyl) (from (etyl) (m)).Verb
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- euery feend his busie paines applide, / To melt the golden metall, ready to be tride .
- “So mousie shall only find tins on the floor now,” thought Miss Mapp. “Mousie shall try his teeth on tins.”
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Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
- Let the end try the man.
- The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.
- Try the Libyan heat or Scythian cold.
- (Milton)
- Left I the court, to see this quarrel tried .
Usage notes
* (to attempt) This is a catenative verb that takes the to'' infinitive. In the future tense, it can take ''and'' instead of ''to . *: * (to make an experiment) This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * SeeSynonyms
* (to attempt) attempt, mint, take a run at, take a stab at * sample, tasteDerived terms
* try-hard * try-miter square * try-off * try on * try-on * try out * try-out * try-outs * try square/try-square * try your luck * trying * try one's handNoun
(tries)- I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it .
- I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it .
- Today I scored my first try .
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- (Holland)
Synonyms
* (an attempt) bash, go, stab, whirl * (an act of tasting or sampling) sampling, taste, tasting * (a score in rugby) touchdown (American football )Derived terms
* give a try * old college try * penalty try * worth a tryEtymology 2
Probably from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- But he her suppliant hands, those hands of gold, / And eke her feete, those feete of silver trye , […] Chopt off […].