📖 L — The English dictionary · page 13

leftover — Everyday, meaning 1: (leftovers) Food that is not eaten at a meal and is kept for later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Remaining or not used: «leftover paint», «leftover money».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Something that remains from an earlier time.↗ Example: We had leftovers from Sunday lunch on Monday.↗ · Put the leftover pizza in the fridge.↗ · Mum made soup from the leftover vegetables.↗ · I used the leftover paint for my model.↗ · Share 17 cards among 3 friends; how many are left over?↗ · Don't eat leftovers that smell bad.↗ · The leftover money went into the class fund.↗

leftovers — Everyday, meaning 1: Leftovers are food that is not eaten at a meal and is kept to eat later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Leftover means remaining after the rest has been used.↗ Example: We had leftovers for dinner.↗ · Put the leftovers in the fridge.↗ · Leftover turkey makes good sandwiches.↗ · Use the leftover paper for another project.↗ · Don't eat leftovers that smell bad.↗ · Cool leftovers before you put them in the fridge.↗ · 17 sweets shared among 5: each gets 3, with 2 left over.↗

lefty — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A lefty is a left-handed person.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, politics) A lefty is a person with left-wing political views; sometimes said as a mild insult.↗ Example: My sister is a lefty and writes with her left hand.↗ · The team needs a lefty pitcher.↗ · Lefties sometimes need special scissors.↗ · Uncle Pete called the reporter a lefty.↗ · About one in ten people are lefties.↗ · She is a lefty tennis player with a strong serve.↗

leg — Everyday, meaning 1: A leg is a part of the body that people and animals stand and walk on.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tables, chairs and stools also have legs that hold them up.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A leg of a trip or a race is one part of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The leg of trousers is the part that covers your leg.↗ Example: A dog has 4 legs.↗ How many legs do 5 dogs have?↗ · There are chickens and cows with 30 legs in all.↗ · Each stool has 3 legs.↗ · The first leg of the trip is 20 km.↗ · She hurt her leg playing netball.↗ · An insect has 6 legs and a spider has 8 legs.↗ · He ran the last leg of the relay.↗ · Are you pulling my leg?↗ · Take care, and remember your legs."↗ · And he washed the inwards and the legs, and made them smoke upon the burnt-offering on the altar.↗ (Torah LEV.9.14, JPS 1917)↗ · But the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung, (Torah LEV.4.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.↗ (Torah EXO.12.9, JPS 1917)↗ · its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.↗ (Writings DAN.2.33, JPS 1917)↗ · The legs hang limp from the lame; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.↗ (Writings PRO.26.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.↗ (Prophets 1SA.17.6, JPS 1917)↗

legacy — Everyday, meaning 1: A legacy is money or property left to someone by a person who has died.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something that stays after a person or event is gone, such as their ideas, buildings or effects: «his legacy».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (computing) Legacy systems are old technology still in use.↗ Example: The Romans' legacy includes roads and bridges.↗ · Her grandfather left her a small legacy.↗ · The coach's legacy is a winning team.↗ · Plastic pollution is a harmful legacy.↗ · The scientist left a legacy of discoveries.↗ · The school wants to leave a good legacy.↗ · Well, just such a cupboard stood in a parlor, and had been left to the family as a legacy by the great-grandmother.↗

legal — Everyday, meaning 1: Allowed by the law of a country or place.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To do with the law, courts and lawyers: legal advice, a legal case.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Following the rules of a game or a sport: a legal move in chess.↗ Example: It is legal to cross the road at a zebra crossing.↗ · Is it legal to fly a drone in the park?↗ · Her aunt gives legal advice to families.↗ · The bishop's move was legal, so the game went on.↗ · You must be of legal age to vote.↗ · His legal guardian signed the school form.↗ · Coins and notes are legal tender.↗ · The company started a legal case against the builder.↗ · A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

legally — Everyday, meaning 1: Legally means in a way that is allowed by the law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Legally also means according to the law, from the law's point of view (legally, the land belongs to the city).↗ Example: You can only legally drive when you have a licence.↗ · Wearing a seatbelt in a car is legally required.↗ · Download music legally from proper stores.↗ · Parents are legally responsible for their young children.↗ · Legally, the park belongs to the town.↗ · She parked legally in the car park.↗

legend — Everyday, meaning 1: A legend is an old, famous story from the past that may be partly true but cannot be proved, like the stories of King Arthur or Robin Hood.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A legend is a very famous person who is admired for what they did («a football legend»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The legend of a map or chart is the key that explains what its symbols and colours mean.↗ Example: According to legend, Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest.↗ · We read the legend of King Arthur and the sword in the stone.↗ · Check the legend to see what the blue lines on the map mean.↗ · That player is a legend at our club.↗ · The legend of the Loch Ness Monster brings many tourists to Scotland.↗ · Thanks for helping, you're a legend!↗ · The legend of the bar chart shows red for boys and blue for girls.↗ · Every town seems to have a legend about a ghost.↗ · There are also legends that Jeremiah and his grandson Ben Sira studied together the Sefer Yetzirah.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

legendary — Everyday, meaning 1: Legendary means from a legend, an old story that may or may not be true («the legendary King Arthur»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Legendary means very famous and admired, talked about by many people («a legendary footballer»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Legendary means brilliant or amazing («That party was legendary!»).↗ Example: King Arthur is a legendary king of Britain.↗ · Robin Hood is a legendary outlaw.↗ · The legendary striker scored over 300 goals.↗ · Grandma's apple pie is legendary in our family.↗ · The legendary dragon guarded the gold.↗ · That sleepover was legendary!↗ · Nobody knows if the legendary city really existed.↗ · According to the above quoted legendary passages, however, the Sefer Yetzirah was written by a Joseph ben Uziel, a grandson of Ben Sira.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

legged — Everyday, meaning 1: Legged means having legs, usually of a certain number or kind: four-legged, long-legged.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Leg it» (legged it) is informal British for running away fast.↗ Example: A dog is a four-legged animal.↗ · Insects are six-legged creatures.↗ · We ran a three-legged race on sports day.↗ · Sit cross-legged on the carpet.↗ · A long-legged heron stood in the river.↗ · The thief legged it down the road.↗ · And send off the long-legged man with the letter.↗

legging — Everyday, meaning 1: Leggings: tight, stretchy trousers, usually for girls and women, worn for sport, dance or everyday.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Leggings: warm outer coverings for the legs, worn over trousers in snow, or by soldiers and riders in the past.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The singular «legging» means one leg of such a garment, and is rare.↗ Example: She wore black leggings to dance class.↗ · I need a new pair of leggings for PE.↗ · My little sister has leggings with stars on them.↗ · In winter I wear leggings under my jeans.↗ · The old soldier wore leather leggings.↗ · One legging had a hole at the knee.↗ · Are leggings allowed with the school uniform?↗

legible — Everyday, meaning 1: Legible writing or print is clear enough to be read easily.↗ Example: Please make your handwriting legible.↗ · The old letter was hardly legible.↗ · Write your name legibly on the form.↗ · The sign was legible from far away.↗ · Doctors' notes are not always legible.↗ · Use a dark pen so the answer is legible.↗

legion — Everyday, meaning 1: A legion was a large army unit in ancient Rome, of about 5,000 soldiers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A legion is a very large number of people or things («a legion of fans»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) «Legion» as an adjective means very many: «Her fans are legion.».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Some modern armed groups are called a legion, such as the French Foreign Legion, or veterans' clubs like the Royal British Legion.↗ Example: A Roman legion had thousands of soldiers.↗ · The legions built roads across Britain.↗ · Legions of fans waited outside the stadium.↗ · The Royal British Legion sells poppies in November.↗ · Her mistakes were legion!↗ · Each legion had its own eagle standard.↗ · Legions of ants marched into the kitchen.↗ · Their number continued to increase more and more; and by the time Gerda had finished her prayers, a whole legion stood round her.↗

legionary — Everyday, meaning 1: A legionary was a soldier in a legion, a large unit of the ancient Roman army.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Legionary as an adjective means to do with a legion.↗ Example: A Roman legionary carried a heavy pack.↗ · Legionaries built Hadrian's Wall.↗ · Each legionary had a shield called a scutum.↗ · The legionaries marched about 30 kilometres a day.↗ · We dressed up as Roman legionaries for history day.↗ · A legionary served in the army for about 25 years.↗

legislation — Everyday, meaning 1: (law) Legislation is a law or a set of laws made by a parliament or government.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) The process of making laws.↗ Example: New legislation bans smoking in cars with children.↗ · Parliament debated the legislation for weeks.↗ · The legislation protects wild birds and their nests.↗ · Some countries have strict legislation about plastic bags.↗ · Making legislation is the job of parliament.↗ · The legislation will come into force next year.↗

legislative — Everyday, meaning 1: (law) Legislative means to do with making laws.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The legislative branch of government is the part, such as Parliament or Congress, that makes laws.↗ Example: Congress is the legislative branch of the US government.↗ · Parliament has legislative power in the UK.↗ · The legislative process can take months.↗ · A legislative assembly passed the new rule.↗ · The legislative branch makes laws, and the courts explain them.↗ · Our class held a pretend legislative debate.↗

legislator — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who makes laws, especially a member of a parliament, congress or other law-making group.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Anyone with the power to make rules for a country or state.↗ Example: Legislators voted to build a new hospital.↗ · A legislator is someone who helps make the laws.↗ · The children wrote letters to their state legislators about plastic bags.↗ · Legislators argued about the new school rules for hours.↗ · She became a legislator after working as a teacher.↗ · Legislators must listen to the people who elected them.↗ · The legislator visited our school to talk about democracy.↗ · Many legislators supported the new road safety law.↗

legislature — Everyday, meaning 1: (law) A legislature is the group of elected people who make the laws of a country or state, such as a parliament, Congress or a state assembly.↗ Example: The legislature voted on the new law.↗ · Each US state has its own legislature.↗ · The Scottish Parliament is a legislature.↗ · Members of the legislature are elected.↗ · The legislature debated school funding.↗ · A bill must pass the legislature to become law.↗

legitimate — Everyday, meaning 1: Allowed by law or by the rules; fair and proper.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Reasonable and fair: a legitimate reason, a legitimate question.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Real and honest, not fake: a legitimate business, a legitimate website.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (old use) Born to parents who were married to each other.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (slang, «legit») Really, truly, or great: «That was legit funny.».↗ Example: Feeling ill is a legitimate reason to miss a match.↗ · That's a legitimate question, and I'll answer it.↗ · Check that the shop is legitimate before you pay online.↗ · The fake email looked legitimate, but it was a trick.↗ · He is the legitimate owner of the bicycle.↗ · The referee said it was a legitimate goal.↗ · That skateboard trick was legit amazing!↗ · Is this offer legit or a scam?↗ · He had not flown far, however, when he came across a dog who, having met the sausage, had regarded him as his legitimate booty, and so seized and swallowed him.↗

legless — Everyday, meaning 1: Having no legs: a legless lizard.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, slang) Very drunk, so drunk that a person cannot stand or walk properly.↗ Example: A snake is a legless reptile.↗ · The slow-worm is a legless lizard, not a snake.↗ · Worms are legless, but they still move.↗ · The old table stood legless in the garden.↗ · (UK, slang) He got legless at the wedding and had to be taken home.↗ · (slang) They were completely legless after the party.↗ · Armless wanted to plunge in straightway, but Legless shrieked, "Wait, brother!↗

lego — Everyday, meaning 1: Lego is a toy made of small plastic bricks that click together so you can build things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: People also say «Lego» for one set or the pieces themselves, as in «a box of Lego».↗ Example: I built a spaceship out of Lego.↗ · Please put your Lego back in the box.↗ · Ouch, I stepped on a Lego brick!↗ · We used Lego bricks to show multiplication arrays.↗ · Keep small Lego pieces away from the baby.↗ · My cousin got a big Lego set for his birthday.↗ · The Lego tower was taller than me.↗ · Our robotics club uses Lego motors.↗