"lash down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lashes down [present, singular, third-person], lashing down [participle, present], lashed down [participle, past], lashed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lash down (third-person singular simple present lashes down, present participle lashing down, simple past and past participle lashed down)
  1. (transitive) To secure with ropes; to tie down Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Rain
    Sense id: en-lash_down-en-verb-IsLSLHEN Disambiguation of Rain: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Synonyms: tie down, bucket down, chuck it down, pelt, pelt down, piss down, pour, pour down, rain cats and dogs, stream, teem, whip down
  2. (intransitive) To rain heavily. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-lash_down-en-verb-otKtA1an

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "lashed down",
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    },
    {
      "form": "lashed down",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "89 11",
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          "_dis": "66 34",
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          "name": "Rain",
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            "Weather",
            "Liquids",
            "Atmosphere",
            "Matter",
            "Nature",
            "Chemistry",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To secure with ropes; to tie down"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ],
        [
          "tie down",
          "tie down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To secure with ropes; to tie down"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "tie down"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "bucket down"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "chuck it down"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "pelt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "pelt down"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "piss down"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "pour"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "pour down"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "rain cats and dogs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "stream"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "teem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "whip down"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Ash, Goldfinger:",
          "text": "I'm feeling so alive, feeling so real\nOn a stormy night, the rain is coming down\nRain like never before\nI've got some records on, some bottles of wine\nOn a stormy night, the rain is lashing down\nAnd I'm waiting for her.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To rain heavily."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "rain",
          "rain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To rain heavily."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lash down"
}
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    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"down\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Rain"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lashes down",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lashing down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lashed down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lashed down",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To secure with ropes; to tie down"
      ],
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        [
          "secure",
          "secure"
        ],
        [
          "tie down",
          "tie down"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To secure with ropes; to tie down"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Ash, Goldfinger:",
          "text": "I'm feeling so alive, feeling so real\nOn a stormy night, the rain is coming down\nRain like never before\nI've got some records on, some bottles of wine\nOn a stormy night, the rain is lashing down\nAnd I'm waiting for her.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rain heavily."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rain",
          "rain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To rain heavily."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tie down"
    },
    {
      "word": "bucket down"
    },
    {
      "word": "chuck it down"
    },
    {
      "word": "pelt"
    },
    {
      "word": "pelt down"
    },
    {
      "word": "piss down"
    },
    {
      "word": "pour"
    },
    {
      "word": "pour down"
    },
    {
      "word": "rain cats and dogs"
    },
    {
      "word": "stream"
    },
    {
      "word": "teem"
    },
    {
      "word": "whip down"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lash down"
}

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