📖 L — The English dictionary · page 19

lidar — Everyday, meaning 1: A way of measuring distance by sending out quick flashes of laser light and timing how long they take to bounce back.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The machine or sensor that does this, as on a self-driving car or a survey plane.↗ Example: The self-driving car has a spinning lidar on its roof.↗ · Scientists used lidar to find old Mayan cities hidden under the jungle.↗ · A lidar sensor measures how far away the wall is.↗ · The plane flew over the hills to make a lidar map.↗ · Some new phones use lidar to measure a room.↗ · Lidar works a bit like a bat's echo, but with light.↗ · The robot vacuum uses lidar so it doesn't bump into the sofa.↗

lidded — Everyday, meaning 1: Lidded means having a lid, a cover on top.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (literary) Lidded eyes are half-closed, with heavy eyelids, as if sleepy.↗ Example: Keep food in a lidded box.↗ · Take your drink in a lidded cup on the bus.↗ · The lidded jar kept the biscuits fresh.↗ · The cat watched with lidded eyes.↗ · Put rubbish in the lidded bin.↗ · The lidded pot boiled faster.↗

lie — Everyday, meaning 1: To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To lie is also to be in a place: the town lies by the sea.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To lie is to say something you know is not true, to trick someone.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A lie is a thing said that the speaker knows is false.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To lie up can also mean to hide away and stay out of sight.↗ Example: 6 cats lie on the rug.↗ · 12 books lie on the table.↗ · One of the children lied about the score.↗ · Lie down on the mat and rest.↗ · The dog is lying in the sun.↗ · He told a lie about breaking the window.↗ · Telling the truth is better than telling lies.↗ · The village lies at the foot of a hill.↗ · Yesterday I lay in bed until nine.↗ · Now, where does he lie up?↗ · Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.↗ (Torah LEV.18.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.↗ (Torah LEV.19.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.↗ (Torah LEV.18.20, JPS 1917)↗ · They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.↗ (Writings JOB.21.26, JPS 1917)↗ · It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.↗ (Prophets NAM.3.1, JPS 1917)↗ · But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.↗ (Writings JOB.13.4, JPS 1917)↗

liege — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A liege is a lord or lady whom a person owes loyal service to, or a servant who owes such service.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) «My liege» is a polite way to speak to a king or lord.↗ Example: The knight bowed low and said, «Yes, my liege.»↗ · The people were loyal to their liege lord.↗ · The Abbot called the king his liege.↗

lien — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A mistaken printing of a name or word in an old scanned book; here it stands for "Rabbi" or a name such as "Ben" before Sira.↗ Example: "lien Sira wanted to study the Sefer Yetzira, when a heav- enly voice came out and snid: 'Thou canst nut do it aloin-'.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

lieth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «lieth» means «lies», a form of «lie».↗ e.g. To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground.↗ Example: Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law.↗ (Torah DEU.27.23, JPS 1917) · These three mothers again represent in the Microcosm or Human form, male and female; the Head, the Belly, and the Chest; the bead from the fire, the belly from water, and the chest from the air lieth between them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) · Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast.↗ (Torah DEU.27.21, JPS 1917)

lieu — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) In lieu of something means instead of it.↗ Example: We got a gift card in lieu of a prize.↗ · Dad took a day off in lieu after working on Saturday.↗ · In lieu of flowers, please give to charity.↗ · She was paid in lieu of notice.↗ · The school gave extra reading in lieu of homework.↗ · He did chores in lieu of paying rent.↗

lieutenant — Everyday, meaning 1: An officer in the army, navy or air force, of a junior to middle rank.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who helps and acts for a leader; a deputy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US) A police or fire officer of middle rank.↗ Example: The lieutenant led his soldiers across the river.↗ · My great-grandad was a lieutenant in the navy.↗ · The gang leader sent his lieutenant to do the dirty work.↗ · Lieutenant Smith gave the order to march.↗ · In the US, a police lieutenant is above a sergeant.↗ · The captain's chief lieutenant took over the ship.↗ · In Canada, each province has a Lieutenant Governor.↗ · "No doubt, they belong to the lieutenant who lives up stairs.↗

life — Everyday, meaning 1: Being alive: what people, animals and plants have and stones do not (they grow, feed, breathe, reproduce).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The time from when someone is born until they die.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The way someone lives: a busy life, city life.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Living things in general: plant life, sea life.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Energy and fun: full of life.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: In games: one of the chances you have before the game ends.↗ Example: A frog's life cycle starts with an egg.↗ · Is there life on Mars?↗ · Grandma has lived here all her life.↗ · The lifeguard saved a boy's life.↗ · Wear a life jacket on the boat.↗ · City life is busy and noisy.↗ · The coral reef is full of sea life.↗ · I lost my last life in the game.↗ · The puppy is full of life.↗ · Life became a burden to them.↗ [273]↗ · But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life, (Torah EXO.21.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.↗ (Torah LEV.24.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.↗ (Torah GEN.9.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.↗ (Prophets 1SA.7.15, JPS 1917)↗ · I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.↗ (Writings JOB.9.21, JPS 1917)↗ · For Thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise Thee.↗ (Writings PSA.63.4, JPS 1917)↗

lifeblood — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The blood that carries life in a body, or the thing a person's life depends on.↗ Example: And I trod down the peoples in Mine anger, and made them drunk with My fury, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.'↗ (Prophets ISA.63.6, JPS 1917)↗

lifeboat — Everyday, meaning 1: A strong boat kept on the coast that goes out to rescue people in danger at sea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A small boat carried on a ship, used to escape if the ship sinks.↗ Example: The lifeboat rescued two fishermen in the storm.↗ · The Titanic did not have enough lifeboats for everyone.↗ · My uncle is a volunteer on the lifeboat crew.↗ · We visited the lifeboat station by the harbour.↗ · The passengers climbed into the lifeboats.↗ · Every ship has a lifeboat drill.↗

lifeguard — Everyday, meaning 1: A lifeguard is a person whose job is to watch swimmers at a pool or beach and rescue anyone in danger in the water.↗ Example: Always swim where a lifeguard can see you.↗ · The lifeguard blew her whistle and waved us back.↗ · The lifeguard pulled the boy out of the water.↗ · Swim between the flags set up by the lifeguards.↗ · There is no lifeguard on duty, so we will not swim.↗ · Lifeguards learn first aid.↗ · The lifeguard sat in a tall chair to watch the pool.↗ · If you are in trouble in the water, raise your arm to signal the lifeguard.↗

lifeless — Everyday, meaning 1: Lifeless means dead, or never having had life.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Lifeless means with no living things, like a lifeless planet.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Lifeless can mean dull, without energy or excitement.↗ Example: The bird lay lifeless on the grass.↗ · Mars seems to be a lifeless planet.↗ · The desert looked lifeless, but many animals hid under the sand.↗ · Her voice was flat and lifeless.↗ · The doll's lifeless eyes stared at me.↗ · Add more detail so your story isn't lifeless.↗ · He sat lifeless on the steps.↗ · Most literally, it means ‘waste(land)’, the lifeless open desert, a translation of [Genesis 1:2] so far captured in English only by Robert Alter’s The Hebrew Bible (2019), who poetically renders תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ tohu vavohu as “waste and welter”; cf.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

lifelike — Everyday, meaning 1: Lifelike means so like a real person or thing that it looks alive.↗ Example: The painting of the horse was so lifelike I touched it.↗ · The clay figure looked lifelike.↗ · The wax model is very lifelike.↗

lifelong — Everyday, meaning 1: Lifelong means lasting or continuing for all of someone's life.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Lifelong describes something that has been true for a very long time, since childhood.↗ Example: They met at nursery and became lifelong friends.↗ · Grandad is a lifelong fan of the local football team.↗ · Diabetes can be a lifelong condition.↗ · Our school wants us to be lifelong learners.↗ · It was her lifelong dream to see the Northern Lights.↗ · Learning to swim is a lifelong skill.↗

lifesaving — Everyday, meaning 1: Lifesaving means saving or able to save someone's life, like lifesaving medicine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Lifesaving is the skill of rescuing people from drowning, taught in swimming and lifeguard classes.↗ Example: She learned lifesaving at the swimming pool.↗ · The defibrillator is a lifesaving machine.↗ · Vaccines are lifesaving.↗ · He got a badge in lifesaving.↗ · Learning CPR is a lifesaving skill.↗ · The lifeguards did a lifesaving rescue.↗

lifespan — Everyday, meaning 1: A lifespan is how long a person, animal or plant lives, or usually lives.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A lifespan is how long a thing lasts or works, like a battery or a machine.↗ Example: The average lifespan of a dog is about 12 years.↗ · A mayfly has a very short lifespan.↗ · Tortoises can have a lifespan of over 100 years.↗ · Human lifespans have grown longer thanks to medicine.↗ · This light bulb has a lifespan of 10,000 hours.↗ · If a cat lives 15 years and a hamster 2 years, the cat's lifespan is 13 years longer.↗

lifetime — Everyday, meaning 1: The whole time that a person or animal is alive.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The time that a thing lasts or works: «the lifetime of a battery».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) A very long time: «I waited a lifetime!».↗ Example: A tortoise's lifetime can be over a hundred years.↗ · Seeing a whale was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.↗ · The battery has a lifetime of about two years.↗ · We waited a lifetime for the bus!↗ · Many changes happened in Grandma's lifetime.↗ · It was the trip of a lifetime.↗ · Let us look at him as he was in his lifetime.↗ · And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.↗ (Torah LEV.18.18, JPS 1917)↗

lift — Everyday, meaning 1: To lift is to pick something up and raise it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A lift is a machine that carries people up and down in a building; Americans call it an elevator.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A lift is a free ride in someone's car.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To lift a rule or a ban is to end it.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A lift is a happy feeling: the news gave her a lift.↗ Example: He lifts 20 kg.↗ · The lift carries 8 people at a time.↗ · How many trips for 30 people?↗ · She lifted 3 boxes of 5 kg each.↗ · Bend your knees when you lift a heavy box.↗ · We took the lift to the tenth floor.↗ · Can you give me a lift to school?↗ · The fog lifted and the sun came out.↗ · In a fire, never use the lift.↗ · He lifted the lad to his great shoulder.↗ · And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.↗ (Torah GEN.29.11, JPS 1917)↗ · The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.↗ (Torah NUM.6.26, JPS 1917)↗ · On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.↗ (Torah GEN.22.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Unto Thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.↗ (Writings PSA.25.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD.↗ (Writings PSA.134.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Lift up your eyes on high, and see: who hath created these?↗ (Prophets ISA.40.26, JPS 1917)↗

ligament — Everyday, meaning 1: A ligament is a strong, slightly stretchy band in your body that joins one bone to another at a joint, like the knee or ankle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ligaments hold joints together and stop them bending the wrong way.↗ Example: Ligaments join bone to bone.↗ · The footballer tore a ligament in his knee.↗ · A sprained ankle means a ligament has been stretched too far.↗ · Warming up helps protect your muscles and ligaments.↗ · The doctor said the ligament would heal in six weeks.↗ · Tendons attach muscles to bones, but ligaments attach bones to bones.↗