Lushed vs Lashed - What's the difference?
lushed | lashed |
(lush)
(obsolete) Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
(dialectal) Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned.
(of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life.
* 2006 , Stefani Jackenthal, New York Times
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(slang, of food) Luxuriant, delicious.
(British, slang) Beautiful, sexy.
(British, Canada, slang) Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
(pejorative) Drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
Intoxicating liquor.
To drink liquor to excess.
To drink (liquor) to excess.
(lash)
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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, passage=But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.}}
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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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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, date=October 1
, author=Tom Fordyce
, 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.
As verbs the difference between lushed and lashed
is that lushed is (lush) while lashed is (lash).lushed
English
Verb
(head)lush
English
(wikipedia lush)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Related to (m). More at (l), (l).Adjective
(er)- Some of the world’s best rain forest and volcanic hiking can be found within the lush canopied Caribbean trail systems. Chock-full of waterfalls and hot springs, bright-colored birds and howling monkeys, flora-lined trails cut through thick, fragrant forests and up cloud-covered mountains.
citation, passage=European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.}}
- That meal was lush ! We have to go that restaurant again sometime!
- Boys with long hair are lush !
- Your voice is lush , Lucy! I could listen to it all day!
Etymology 2
Perhaps a humorous use of the preceding word, or perhaps from (etyl) .An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (ISBN 0486122867)Noun
(es)Verb
(es)Derived terms
* lushing * lusherReferences
Anagrams
* (l)lashed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*lash
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 !