What is the meaning of lashing?

noun

• Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment.
  • synonyms: whipping, tanning, flogging, flagellation
• Rope that is used for fastening something to something else.
  • usage: "the boats were held together by lashings"

verb

• Beat severely with a whip or rod.
  • usage: "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
  • synonyms: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
• Lash or flick about sharply.
  • usage: "The lion lashed its tail"
  • synonyms: lash
• Strike as if by whipping.
  • usage: "The curtain whipped her face"
  • synonyms: whip, lash
• Bind with a rope, chain, or cord.
  • usage: "lash the horse"
  • synonyms: lash

adjective

• Violently urging on by whipping or flogging.
  • usage: "looked at the lashing riders"