📖 L — The English dictionary · page 20

ligature — Everyday, meaning 1: A ligature is a thread, string or band used to tie something tightly, especially by a doctor to tie off a blood vessel.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (writing) A ligature is two letters joined into one shape, like æ or œ, or «fi» in printed books.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (music) A ligature is a mark or clamp joining notes or holding a reed.↗ Example: The surgeon tied a ligature round the blood vessel.↗ · «Æ» is a ligature of «a» and «e».↗ · Old books use ligatures like «œ».↗ · The clarinet's reed is held by a ligature.↗ · Some fonts join «f» and «i» with a ligature.↗ · The ligature stopped the bleeding.↗

liger — Everyday, meaning 1: A liger is the baby of a male lion and a female tiger; it is a hybrid, a mix of two kinds of animal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ligers are huge, often bigger than both parents, with faint stripes and a lion-like face.↗ Example: A liger has a lion dad and a tiger mum.↗ · Ligers are the biggest cats in the world.↗ · A tigon has a tiger dad and a lion mum.↗ · Ligers are not found in the wild.↗ · The liger had faint stripes on its back.↗ · Mules and ligers are both hybrids.↗ · We read about a liger that weighed more than a lion and a tiger.↗ · Many scientists say breeding ligers is not good for the animals.↗

light — Everyday, meaning 1: Light is what lets us see; it comes from the Sun, lamps and fire.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A light is a lamp or bulb.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Light means not heavy, weighing little.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Light means pale, not dark, in colour: light blue.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To light is to start a fire or make something burn or shine.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Light means gentle or small: a light rain, a light meal.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: Light can also mean bright, full of light, not dark.↗ Example: The room has 6 lights.↗ · The bag is 2 kg lighter than the box.↗ · A light flashes every 3 seconds.↗ · 4 lights went out.↗ · Light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth.↗ · A shadow forms when something blocks the light.↗ · Wait for the green light before you cross.↗ · This box is as light as a feather.↗ · Dad lit the candles on the cake.↗ · She wore a light blue dress.↗ · How splendid and light it is!↗ · And God said: 'Let there be light.'↗ And there was light.↗ (Torah GEN.1.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.↗ (Torah GEN.1.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.↗ (Torah EXO.40.25, JPS 1917)↗ · It is darkness, and not light.↗ (Prophets AMO.5.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And upon whom doth not His light arise?↗ (Writings JOB.25.3, JPS 1917)↗ · The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.↗ (Writings EST.8.16, JPS 1917)↗

lightbulb — Everyday, meaning 1: A lightbulb is a glass or plastic bulb that gives out light when electricity goes through it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A «lightbulb moment» is a sudden moment when you understand something or have a great idea.↗ Example: The lightbulb in my bedroom has gone.↗ · LED lightbulbs save energy.↗ · Switch off before you change a lightbulb.↗ · Edison and Swan both worked on the lightbulb.↗ · I had a lightbulb moment and solved the puzzle.↗ · In the circuit, the lightbulb lit up when we closed the switch.↗

lighten — Everyday, meaning 1: To lighten something is to make it less heavy: lighten your bag.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To lighten is to make or become brighter or paler in colour: the sky lightened.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To lighten a mood or a job is to make it easier or happier: a joke lightened the mood.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Lighten up (informal) means relax and stop being so serious.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Lighten can also mean to flash with lightning, as in a storm.↗ Example: Take out some books to lighten your schoolbag.↗ · The sky lightened as the sun came up.↗ · Add white to lighten the blue paint.↗ · Grandpa's jokes lightened the mood.↗ · Helping each other lightens the work.↗ · Oh, lighten up — it's only a game!↗ · Her face lightened when she heard the good news.↗ · One night there was a dreadful storm; it thundered and lightened and the rain streamed down in torrents.↗ · For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.↗ (Prophets 2SA.22.29, JPS 1917)↗ · For Thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God doth lighten my darkness.↗ (Writings PSA.18.29, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold Thou, and answer me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; (Writings PSA.13.4, JPS 1917)↗

lighter — Everyday, meaning 1: A small device that makes a flame, used to light candles, cigarettes, stoves or fires.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Less heavy: «A feather is lighter than a stone».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Paler or less dark in colour: «light blue is lighter than navy».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Brighter, with more light: «It's lighter in the mornings now».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Less serious or less strong: «a lighter meal».↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Lighter can also mean less worried and happier in your heart.↗ Example: A feather is lighter than a brick.↗ · The side of the scale that goes up is lighter.↗ · Add white paint to make the blue lighter.↗ · It gets lighter earlier in spring.↗ · Never play with a lighter; give it to an adult.↗ · Dad used a lighter to light the barbecue.↗ · My school bag is lighter today because I have no books.↗ · We had a lighter lunch because it was hot.↗ · And when she had offered this prayer, her heart felt lighter.↗ · Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; if they be laid in the balances, they are together lighter than vanity.↗ (Writings PSA.62.10, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Thy father made our yoke grievous; now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.'↗ (Prophets 1KI.12.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And he said unto them: 'What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying: Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?'↗ (Prophets 1KI.12.9, JPS 1917)↗

lighthearted — Everyday, meaning 1: Cheerful and free from worry.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Not serious; meant to be fun: «a lighthearted film».↗ Example: The Mole felt lighthearted as he ran across the meadow.↗ · We watched a lighthearted comedy.↗ · It was just a lighthearted joke.↗ · The end of term felt lighthearted and happy.↗ · Her lighthearted laugh filled the room.↗ · The newspaper had a lighthearted story about a dog on a skateboard.↗ · ‘How lighthearted I feel,’ said the father, ‘so pleased and cheerful.’↗

lighthouse — Everyday, meaning 1: A lighthouse is a tall tower by the sea with a bright light at the top that flashes to guide ships at night and warn them of rocks.↗ Example: The lighthouse has 120 steps.↗ · Its light flashes every 10 seconds.↗ · The lighthouse is 30 m tall.↗ · How many flashes in one minute?↗ · The lighthouse warned the ships away from the rocks.↗ · We climbed to the top of the lighthouse.↗ · The lighthouse keeper lived in a little house nearby.↗ · At night we saw the lighthouse beam sweep across the sea.↗ · Strong hands grasped the oars, and by and by all were safe in the lighthouse.↗

lightless — Everyday, meaning 1: With no light at all; completely dark.↗ Example: The miners worked in lightless tunnels.↗ · Deep in the ocean is a lightless world.↗ · The Mole's underground home was lightless at night.↗ · Fish in lightless caves often have no eyes.↗ · The lightless windows showed the house was empty.↗ · A black hole is so strong that it seems lightless.↗

lightly — Everyday, meaning 1: Lightly means with little force or weight: «tap lightly».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A little: «lightly salted», «lightly cooked».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Without being serious or worried: «take something lightly».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Not much: «sleep lightly».↗ Example: Lightly tap the glass with a spoon.↗ · Lightly grease the tin before baking.↗ · Snow fell lightly all night.↗ · Don't take fire safety lightly.↗ · He got off lightly with a warning.↗ · Dad sleeps lightly and hears every noise.↗ · How lightly, quickly, nimbly, wonderfully, she moved!↗ · They have healed also the hurt of My people lightly, saying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace.↗ (Prophets JER.6.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people lightly, saying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace.↗ (Prophets JER.8.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that playeth the man of rank, and lacketh bread.↗ (Writings PRO.12.9, JPS 1917)↗

lightness — Everyday, meaning 1: Lightness is being not heavy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Lightness is being bright or pale in colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Lightness is a gentle, cheerful, easy feeling or way of moving: lightness of heart, lightness of step.↗ Example: The lightness of the bike makes it easy to carry.↗ · The ballet dancer moved with great lightness.↗ · Feel the lightness of this feather.↗ · Add white to increase the lightness of the colour.↗ · There was a lightness in her voice after the good news.↗ · The cake had a wonderful lightness.↗ · His dancing was very clever indeed, and the animals were all highly pleased with his grace and lightness.↗ · and it came to pass through the lightness of her harlotry, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks; (Prophets JER.3.9, JPS 1917)↗

lightning — Everyday, meaning 1: The bright flash of light in the sky during a storm, made by a huge spark of electricity between clouds or between a cloud and the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very fast: «as quick as lightning», «lightning speed».↗ Example: We saw lightning over the hills.↗ · Lightning comes before thunder because light is faster than sound.↗ · The tree was struck by lightning.↗ · Go inside when you hear thunder.↗ · Don't stand under a tall tree during lightning.↗ · She ran as quick as lightning.↗ · I counted 6 seconds after the flash, so the storm was about 2 km away.↗ · Thunder and lightning scared the dog.↗ · Gleams of lightning shot forth from them.↗ · And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.↗ (Torah EXO.20.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Many Kabalists have shown how the Ten Sephiruth are symbolized by the zig-zag lightning flash.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Ten ineffable Sephiroth have the appearance of the Lightning flash", their origin is unseen and no end is perceived.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · His lightnings lighted up the world; the earth saw, and trembled.↗ (Writings PSA.97.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.↗ (Prophets 2SA.22.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them.↗ (Writings PSA.144.6, JPS 1917)↗

lightweight — Everyday, meaning 1: Lightweight means not heavy, weighing less than usual.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (sport) A lightweight is a boxer or other fighter in a lighter weight class.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, insult) A lightweight is a person who is not important, serious or able to handle much, like someone who gets tired easily.↗ Example: This lightweight jacket is good for spring.↗ · Aluminium is a lightweight metal.↗ · He boxes as a lightweight.↗ · Pack lightweight clothes for camping.↗ · «You're such a lightweight!» she teased when he went to bed early.↗ · The plane is built from lightweight materials.↗

lii — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A mistaken printing of letters in an old scanned book; here it stands for the word "his".↗ Example: "These are the words of Joseph ben Uziel, who received them from Jeremiah : 'Voice, air. speech", tliis is the lioly spirit .... and restore the creator to liis abode."↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

like — Everyday, meaning 1: To like something is to enjoy it or think it is good.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Would like» is a polite way to say you want something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Like (preposition) means similar to or the same as: she sings like a bird.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Like means for example: fruit like apples and pears.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A like is a click that shows you enjoy a post online.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) Like is a filler word that fills a pause or softens: «it was, like, huge».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (casual) Like means about or roughly before a number: «like 20 people came» means about 20.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (casual) «Be like» reports what someone said or did: «and she's like, no way».↗ Everyday, meaning 9: (rough, UK) «Like» at the end of a sentence just adds weight: «I was only joking, like.».↗ Everyday, meaning 10: (formal) «Akin to», «in the manner of» and «would wish to» are stiff ways to say like.↗ Example: 12 pupils like apples and 8 like pears.↗ · How many more like apples?↗ · She would like 3 more stickers.↗ · He has as many cards as Tom, like his brother.↗ · I like reading comics in bed.↗ · What would you like for lunch?↗ · The cloud looks like a dragon.↗ · Bring things like hats and sunscreen to the beach.↗ · there was like 20 kids at the party, it was, like, mad (casual)↗ · and she's like «give me 3 back» and i'm like «no way» (casual)↗ · I don't like your attitude, so shut it.↗ (rough)↗ · Of the 20 respondents, 12 expressed a preference for apples; state the number who did not.↗ (formal exam)↗ · Would you like to hear it?↗ · In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.↗ (Torah EXO.23.11, JPS 1917)↗ · The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.↗ (Torah EXO.15.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Let me die the death of the righteous, and let mine end be like his!↗ (Torah NUM.23.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Art thou become like unto us?↗ (Prophets ISA.14.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Or hast thou an arm like God?↗ (Writings JOB.40.9, JPS 1917)↗ · How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire?↗ (Writings PSA.79.5, JPS 1917)↗