📖 L — The English dictionary · page 29

lolly — Everyday, meaning 1: In the UK and Ireland, a lolly is an ice lolly (frozen juice on a stick) or a lollipop (a hard sweet on a stick).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In Australia and New Zealand, a lolly is any sweet or candy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In British slang, lolly means money.↗ Example: It was so hot we bought ice lollies.↗ · The dentist gave me a sugar-free lolly.↗ · In Australia, lollies means sweets.↗ · We each got a lolly bag at the party.↗ · Save the lolly sticks for our craft project.↗ · The lollipop lady helped us cross the road.↗ · My ice lolly melted down my arm.↗ · Don't eat too many lollies — they're bad for your teeth.↗

londoner — Everyday, meaning 1: A Londoner is a person who lives in or comes from London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom.↗ Example: My cousin is a true Londoner.↗ · Londoners often travel on the Tube.↗ · The Londoner gave us directions to Big Ben.↗ · Many Londoners cycle to work.↗ · She became a Londoner when she moved there for university.↗ · Londoners were surprised by the snow.↗

lone — Everyday, meaning 1: Lone means alone, the only one there, with no others.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A lone parent brings up a child alone.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «A lone wolf» is a person who likes to do things alone.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In the phrase 'let alone', lone is a short form of alone, meaning not to mention.↗ Example: A lone bird sat on the fence.↗ · The lone apple left on the tree fell.↗ · Then 5 more birds joined the lone bird.↗ · A lone tree stood on the hill.↗ · The lone rider crossed the desert.↗ · He is a bit of a lone wolf and likes to work alone.↗ · A lone light shone in the window.↗ · She was the lone girl on the football team.↗

loneliness — Everyday, meaning 1: Loneliness is the sad feeling you have when you are alone or feel that nobody cares about you or understands you.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Loneliness can also mean being in a place far from other people.↗ Example: After moving to a new school, Sam felt great loneliness.↗ · Loneliness can make people feel sad and tired.↗ · Visiting older neighbours helps with their loneliness.↗ · You can feel loneliness even in a busy playground.↗ · The lighthouse keeper got used to the loneliness of the island.↗ · Inviting someone to play can end their loneliness.↗ · The story was about a robot's loneliness.↗ · If loneliness makes you very sad, tell a trusted adult.↗

lonely — Everyday, meaning 1: Lonely means feeling sad because you are alone or have no friends to be with.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Lonely describes a place that is far from people and has few visitors.↗ Example: I felt lonely when my best friend moved away.↗ · If someone looks lonely, ask them to play.↗ · The old lighthouse keeper lived a lonely life.↗ · It was a long, lonely road through the desert.↗ · New pupils can feel lonely at first.↗ · The lonely dog howled while its owners were at work.↗ · Talking to someone can help when you're lonely.↗ · Grandma is less lonely now that she has a cat.↗ · It is really terribly lonely here!”↗

lonesome — Everyday, meaning 1: Sad because you are alone and have no friends or company; lonely.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Far from other people; empty and quiet, as in a lonesome road.↗ Example: The puppy felt lonesome without its brothers and sisters.↗ · The cowboy sang a lonesome song by the fire.↗ · A lonesome road led across the desert.↗ · Grandpa gets lonesome since Grandma died.↗ · «What are you doing here on your lonesome?» asked Nan.↗ · The lonesome wolf howled at the moon.↗ · If a friend seems lonesome, ask them to play.↗ · He feel mighty lonesome, en he feel mighty mad, Brer Rabbit did.↗

long — Everyday, meaning 1: Long tells how much length something has from one end to the other: «14 metres long».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Long means having a big length: «long hair», «a long river».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Long means lasting a big amount of time: «a long film».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To long for something is to want it very much.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (casual) «So long» means goodbye; «long time no see» means it's been ages; «long story short» means I'll skip the details.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «Long» can mean boring or a lot of effort (UK slang): «homework's long», «that's long, man».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (rude) «Why the long face?» asks why you look sad; «take a long walk off a short pier» means go away.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal) Exams say «in length», «of a length of», «the duration», «longitudinal», «elongated» and «prolonged».↗ Example: The red ribbon is 14 metres long.↗ How long is the rope now?↗ · The film is 2 hours long.↗ · How long is the pencil?↗ · The Nile is a very long river.↗ · How long did it take you to walk home?↗ · You can play outside as long as you stay in the garden.↗ · She longed for a puppy.↗ · bus at 8:40, it's 8:25 now, how long?↗ · Long story short, he ate 3 of the 5 pies.↗ · Ugh, this homework's long, 20 sums!↗ · A conduit of a length of 14 metres is reduced by 5 metres.↗ State the residual length.↗ · Why the long face?↗ Did you lose the match?↗ · Where have you been so long?↗ · Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted; How long?↗ (Torah NUM.24.22, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Ye have compassed this mountain long enough; turn you northward.↗ (Torah DEU.2.3, JPS 1917)↗ · 'How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that keep murmuring against Me?↗ (Torah NUM.14.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Lord, how long wilt Thou look on?↗ (Writings PSA.35.17, JPS 1917)↗ · How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?↗ (Writings PRO.6.9, JPS 1917)↗ · How long will ye lay snares for words?↗ (Writings JOB.18.2, JPS 1917)↗

longbow — Everyday, meaning 1: A large bow, about as tall as a man, made of one piece of wood (often yew), used for shooting arrows.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (history) The famous weapon of English and Welsh archers in the Middle Ages.↗ Example: Robin Hood was a great shot with the longbow.↗ · English longbows were made from yew wood.↗ · The archers drew their longbows and fired.↗ · At Agincourt, longbowmen helped win the battle.↗ · A longbow can shoot an arrow over 200 metres.↗ · Medieval boys had to practise with the longbow every Sunday.↗ · The longbow is taller than most people.↗ · First came a whole troop of drummers, beating their drums very cleverly; they were followed by life-guards, with longbows and crossbows.↗

longer — Everyday, meaning 1: Longer means having more length than something else.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Longer means lasting more time: «Stay a bit longer».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: No longer means not any more: «He no longer lives here».↗ Example: The blue ribbon is 3 metres longer.↗ · The rope is 5 metres longer than the string.↗ · Which ribbon is longer?↗ · Days are longer in summer than in winter.↗ · Can we stay a little longer at the park?↗ · My hair is longer than my sister's.↗ · The shop no longer sells comics.↗ · A giraffe's neck is longer than a horse's.↗ · I can bear it no longer!”↗ · Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.'↗ (Torah EXO.9.28, JPS 1917)↗ · And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.↗ (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917)↗ · The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.↗ (Writings JOB.11.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And the priests consented that they should take no longer money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.↗ (Prophets 2KI.12.9, JPS 1917)↗ · So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.↗ (Prophets 2SA.20.5, JPS 1917)↗

longest — Everyday, meaning 1: Longest means more long than all the others, from one end to the other.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Longest also means lasting the most time.↗ Example: Which ribbon is the longest?↗ · The longest river is 600 km.↗ · The longest wait was 20 minutes.↗ · Find the longest side of the triangle.↗ · The Nile is often called the longest river in the world.↗ · The longest day of the year is in summer.↗ · Her jump was the longest, so she won.↗ · Which word in this sentence is the longest?↗ · The black dress suited mamma very well, and she wore mourning the longest.↗ · And now that thou art surely gone, because thou sore longest after thy father's house, wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?'↗ (Torah GEN.31.30, JPS 1917)↗

longevity — Everyday, meaning 1: Longevity means living a long life: «Tortoises are famous for their longevity».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Longevity can also mean lasting for a long time, like the longevity of a building or a TV show.↗ Example: Giant tortoises are known for their longevity.↗ · Exercise and good food can help longevity.↗ · The longevity of the old bridge surprised the engineers.↗ · Some trees have amazing longevity and live thousands of years.↗ · Japan is famous for the longevity of its people.↗ · The singer's longevity is impressive; she has performed for decades.↗ · What is the secret of longevity?↗ Grandma says porridge.↗ · Greenland sharks hold a record for longevity.↗

longing — Everyday, meaning 1: A longing is a strong wish for something you want very much.↗ Example: She had a longing for the sea.↗ · His longing for home grew each day.↗ · I felt a longing to see my friends.↗ · My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times.↗ (Writings PSA.119.20, JPS 1917)↗ · For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.↗ (Writings PSA.107.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And the soul of king David failed with longing for Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.↗ (Prophets 2SA.13.39, JPS 1917)↗

longingly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that shows you want something very much, often something you cannot have.↗ Example: The puppy looked longingly at the sausages.↗ · Alice gazed longingly at the garden through the little door.↗ · She stared longingly at the bike in the shop window.↗ · Mole sniffed the air longingly as he remembered his home.↗ · He looked longingly out of the window at the snow.↗ · The Rat listened longingly to the Sea Rat's tales.↗ · The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox's mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them.↗

longitude — Everyday, meaning 1: (geography) The distance east or west of an imaginary line through Greenwich, London, measured in degrees from 0° to 180°.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Lines of longitude: imaginary lines on a map or globe going from the North Pole to the South Pole.↗ Example: Lines of longitude run from pole to pole.↗ · Greenwich is at 0° longitude.↗ · Find the latitude and longitude of your town.↗ · London and Accra are at almost the same longitude.↗ · Sailors used clocks to work out longitude at sea.↗ · Each 15° of longitude is about one hour's time difference.↗

longlegs — Everyday, meaning 1: Usually part of «daddy longlegs»: a name for long-legged creatures.↗ In the UK, Ireland and Australia it often means the crane fly; in the USA and Canada usually a harvestman (a spider-like creature) or a cellar spider.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A tall person with long legs, as a nickname.↗ Example: A daddy longlegs flew in through the window.↗ · Crane flies are called daddy longlegs in Britain.↗ · In America, a daddy longlegs is often a harvestman.↗ · Daddy longlegs can't hurt you.↗ · «Hey, Longlegs!» his friends called the tall boy.↗

longship — Everyday, meaning 1: A long, narrow wooden ship with oars and a square sail, used by the Vikings for raiding, trading and exploring.↗ Example: The Vikings sailed to Britain in longships.↗ · A longship had a dragon's head carved at the front.↗ · Rowers sat on chests along the sides of the longship.↗ · Longships could sail up shallow rivers.↗ · We made a model longship in class.↗ · Some Vikings were buried in their longships.↗

loo — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) The loo is the toilet, or the room with the toilet.↗ Example: May I go to the loo, please?↗ · The loo is at the end of the hall.↗ · We ran out of loo roll.↗ · Wash your hands after using the loo.↗ · There's a long queue for the ladies' loo.↗ · Let's have a loo break before the long drive.↗ · The camping site has two loos for 30 tents.↗ · "I need the loo!" said Tom in the middle of the film.↗

look — Everyday, meaning 1: To look is to turn your eyes to see something: look at the board.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To look is to seem.↗ e.g. You look happy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To look for something is to try to find it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To look after someone is to take care of them.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A look is the act of looking: take a look.↗ Example: Not quite.↗ Look at the word «lost»: it tells us to subtract.↗ · Look at the word «each».↗ · Look at the picture and count the birds.↗ · Look both ways before you cross.↗ · You look tired today.↗ · I'm looking for my keys.↗ · Can you look after my hamster?↗ · Look out!↗ A car is coming.↗ · Take a look at this shell.↗ · He stooped to look at it.↗ · And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon.↗ (Torah GEN.39.6, JPS 1917)↗ · But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.↗ (Torah GEN.19.26, JPS 1917)↗ · And Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.↗ (Torah GEN.29.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Lord, how long wilt Thou look on?↗ (Writings PSA.35.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Till the LORD look forth, and behold from heaven.↗ (Writings LAM.3.50, JPS 1917)↗ · All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off.↗ (Writings JOB.36.25, JPS 1917)↗