Synonyms of the word eyelash


EYELASHCILIUM - HAIR - LASH

eyelash

  • n. One of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids.

cilium

  • n. (botany) Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of a plant organ.
  • n. (cytology) A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one…

hair

  • n. (countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other…
  • n. (uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and…
  • n. (zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans,…
  • n. (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether…
  • n. (obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.
  • n. (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

lash

  • n. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
  • n. (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
  • n. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
  • n. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
  • n. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
  • n. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
  • n. In British English, it refers to heavy drinking with friends, (i.e. We were out on the lash last night).
  • v. (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
  • v. (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like…
  • v. (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
  • v. (transitive) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.
  • v. (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
  • v. (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
  • v. (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
  • v. (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
  • adj. (obsolete) Remiss, lax.
  • adj. (obsolete) Relaxed.
  • adj. Soft, watery, wet.
  • adj. (Ulster) excellent, wonderful.
  • adj. Drunk.

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