to lash together
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4.4
- phrasal verb
- /læʃ təˈɡɛðər/
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- The fact that the steps and braces were lashed together with vines bothered her.
- lashed together two poles
- lashed together the boats
- lashed together ladders
Examples
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They were using zip ties to try to lash together plywood fortresses.
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If that old Indian guy is still around, tell him thanks for that analogy of the two canoes lashed together.
Blog text (23) -
The huge raft is many smaller rafts lashed together.
Fiction book (1993) -
The other still followed him to the place where the actors were setting up their stage and scenery: a platform placed across their two wagons, wheels lashed together.
Fiction book (2000) -
So we sometimes see two canoes lashed together: one canoe named "The Normal One" that is being paddled by the person with "the real job."
Blog text (23) -
Weena and Oola lashed together the summer hut with tendons from one of the big red deer.
Fiction book (1999) -
Eliot looked up at the mast and saw it was a telephone pole, and the boom was a series of boards lashed together with black rope.
Fiction book (2000) -
Whilst another explained to Warwich Sawyer, a mathematics educator and one of the many visitors to the school during the 1940s: 'One of the exercises we had was building a tower about twenty feet high with broomsticks lashed together with rope.'
Blog text (1) -
Patterson leads the few remaining men in constructing an odd-looking structure: four slender poles lashed together, slanting inward with a plank tied on top, a dozen feet up in the air.
Fiction book (1996) -
To build a sturdy shelter, they decided to lash together branches and leaves.
Synonyms
459
2.5
To join or fasten one thing to another so they stay together
442
1.1
To join two things together physically
132
3.2
To tie something tightly with rope or string
130
2.3
To fasten things together using metal links
74
2.2
Fasten something with rope so it cannot move
30
3.3
To tie things together with a loop of material
19
4.6
To tie someone or something with a chain to keep them from moving
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4.7
To fasten something securely with rope or cord
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1.0
To tie or secure something with a strong cord
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5.5
To fasten a strap tightly so it does not slip
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4.0
To fasten something with rope or straps to keep it from moving
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7.0
To tie the legs and wings of a bird so it cooks evenly
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9.1
To tie a rope to something to hold it for safety, for example when climbing or docking a boat
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6.1
To bind things with a thin rope or string
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5.5
To fasten something with a strong wire or rope
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8.1
To make a loop of rope with a knot that tightens to catch animals or hold something
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3.2
Fasten a rope or string so it does not come loose
To tie something tightly with rope so it does not move
Antonyms
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to fasten two or more things securely with rope or cord' is directly derivable from combining 'lash' (to bind or secure with rope) with 'together' (bringing items into one group). This is a straightforward verb + particle composition that follows ordinary English composition patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Lash together comes from the image of tying pieces of wood with rope: to lash them together so they stay as one, like when people bind logs to make a raft. So it means 'to fasten two or more things securely with rope or cord'.