Definition of "lashing" in English

noun

1. Something 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.

2. The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation, chastisement.

3. The or an act of lashing; a heavy falling or downpour (of rain).

4. (in the plural, informal, UK, Ireland) Lots; a great amount.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of lash

   • the rain was lashing down