📖 L — The English dictionary · page 30

looker — Everyday, meaning 1: A looker is a person who watches something without taking part; a looker-on is the same.↗ Example: The lookers cheered when the boy won the race.↗ · Lookers-on stood at the edge of the square.↗ · Only the lookers waited to see what would happen.↗

looketh — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «looketh» means «looks», a form of «look»: To look is to turn your eyes to see something: look at the board.↗ Example: And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.↗ (Torah NUM.23.28, JPS 1917) · and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, by the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.↗ (Torah NUM.21.20, JPS 1917)

lookout — Everyday, meaning 1: A lookout is a person who keeps watch for danger or for someone coming.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A lookout is a high place from which you can see far, such as a tower or hilltop point.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To be «on the lookout» for something means to watch and search for it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal, UK) "That's your lookout" means it is your problem.↗ The two-word verb «look out!» means "Be careful!".↗ Example: The sailor in the crow's nest was the lookout.↗ · Ben kept a lookout while we built the den.↗ · We climbed to the lookout and saw the whole valley.↗ · Be on the lookout for rabbits in the field.↗ · "Look out!↗ A car is coming!"↗ · The lookout shouted when he saw land.↗ · We're on the lookout for a cheaper bike.↗ · I'll be on the lookout."↗ And he was.↗

loom — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) A machine or frame for weaving thread into cloth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To appear as a large, dark, unclear shape, often in a frightening way.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To seem about to happen, especially something worrying or important, like tests or a storm.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (loom large) To seem very important or worrying.↗ Example: Grandma weaves rugs on a wooden loom.↗ · A dark castle loomed out of the mist.↗ · The SATs are looming, so we are revising.↗ · Huge power looms filled the cotton mill.↗ · A big storm loomed on the horizon.↗ · The giant loomed over the tiny village.↗ · The problem of money loomed large for the family.↗ · She pointed to the web of beautifully-woven cloth in the loom.↗

loon — Everyday, meaning 1: A large water bird of North America and northern Europe with a haunting call, good at diving for fish (called a diver in the UK).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A silly, crazy or strange person.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Scotland, informal) A boy or young man (also spelled «loon» in the north-east).↗ Example: We heard a loon calling across the lake at night.↗ · The loon dived under the water to catch a fish.↗ · My uncle is a bit of a loon, but he is very funny.↗ · Stop acting like a loon!↗ · The Canadian coin with the loon on it is called a loonie.↗ · A loon has red eyes and a black-and-white back.↗ · «You absolute loon,» laughed Gran.↗

looney — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, can be rude) Looney means crazy or very silly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, rude) A looney is a person who acts in a crazy way; calling someone this can be hurtful.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Canada, informal, usually spelled «loonie») A loonie is the Canadian one-dollar coin, which has a loon bird on it.↗ Example: That's a looney idea, but it might just work!↗ · Bugs Bunny is from Looney Tunes cartoons.↗ · The dog went looney when it saw the snow.↗ · Don't call people looney — it can hurt.↗ · In Canada, a chocolate bar cost two loonies.↗ · The loonie has a loon bird on one side.↗

loonie — Everyday, meaning 1: (Canada, informal) A Canadian one-dollar coin, which has a loon (a water bird) on it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The Canadian dollar as money (the loonie went up).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK, Australia, informal, often spelled looney or loony) A crazy or silly person — this can be rude.↗ Example: I paid for my juice with a loonie.↗ · A loonie is a one-dollar coin in Canada.↗ · Three loonies and one toonie make five dollars.↗ · The loonie has a picture of a bird called a loon.↗ · She found a loonie under the sofa.↗ · Don't be such a loony!↗ (UK, informal, can be rude)↗

loony — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, often rude or offensive) A crazy or very silly person.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective, informal) Crazy or silly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Canada, spelt loonie) The one-dollar coin, which has a loon bird on it.↗ Example: That's a loony idea: you can't fly with an umbrella!↗ · (rude) Don't be such a loony.↗ · The dog went loony when it saw the cat.↗ · (Canada) I paid three loonies for a hot chocolate.↗ · He drove like a loony down the hill.↗ · Two loonies and a toonie make four dollars.↗

loop — Everyday, meaning 1: A loop is a shape like a circle made by a line, string or path that bends round and crosses or joins itself.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To loop means to make a loop or move in a loop.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In computing, a loop is a set of instructions that repeats.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «In the loop» means knowing what is going on.↗ Example: Make a loop with the lace and wrap the other end around it.↗ · The roller coaster did a loop-the-loop.↗ · Use a loop to repeat the code ten times.↗ · The circuit must be a complete loop.↗ · The song played on a loop all day.↗ · The path makes a loop around the lake.↗ · Keep me in the loop about the party plans.↗ · The plane looped through the sky.↗ · The three sisters then tied the heroes with every kind of loop and twist and knot that could be thought of.↗ · And thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.↗ (Torah EXO.26.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one to another.↗ (Torah EXO.36.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one to another.↗ (Torah EXO.26.5, JPS 1917)↗

loophole — Everyday, meaning 1: A loophole is a narrow slit in a castle or fort wall, through which archers could shoot.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (everyday) A loophole is a small way round a rule.↗ Example: The soldiers shot arrows through the loopholes.↗ · The castle had many loopholes in its thick walls.↗ · The rule had a loophole, so he got out of it.↗

loose — Everyday, meaning 1: Loose means not tight: loose clothes, a loose belt.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Loose means not fixed firmly: a loose tooth, a loose screw.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Loose means not packed in a box or bag: loose pencils, loose change.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Loose means free, not tied up or shut in: the dog got loose.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To loose something means to untie it or set it free.↗ Example: He has 3 boxes of 10 pencils and 4 loose pencils.↗ · How many pencils in all?↗ · She has 2 loose teeth.↗ · 7 loose coins were in his pocket.↗ · My shoelace came loose, so I tied it again.↗ · These jeans are too loose; I need a belt.↗ · The goat broke its rope and got loose.↗ · A loose board on the bridge creaked.↗ · Tie back loose hair in the science lab.↗ · Loose it, and let it go.’↗ · Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.↗ (Torah GEN.49.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And his name shall be called in Israel The house of him that had his shoe loosed.↗ (Torah DEU.25.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose — for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies — (Torah EXO.32.25, JPS 1917)↗ · Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?↗ (Writings JOB.39.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.↗ (Writings PSA.50.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?↗ (Writings JOB.38.31, JPS 1917)↗

loosely — Everyday, meaning 1: Not tightly: «Tie the rope loosely».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Not exactly or strictly; in a general way: «The film is loosely based on a true story».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Not firmly joined or organised: «a loosely connected group».↗ Example: Tie the bandage loosely, not too tight.↗ · The film is loosely based on a real event.↗ · Her scarf hung loosely around her neck.↗ · The word can be loosely translated as "hello".↗ · Hold the bird loosely in your hands.↗ · The shelves were loosely screwed to the wall.↗ · The ground was trodden into a deep groove beneath the loosely drawn rawhide rope.↗

loosen — Everyday, meaning 1: To make something less tight, firm or fixed: «loosen your belt», «loosen a screw».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To become less tight.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To make rules or control less strict.↗ Example: Loosen your shoelaces before you take off your shoes.↗ · Dad loosened the lid of the jar.↗ · Turn the screw anticlockwise to loosen it.↗ · My tooth has loosened; it might fall out soon.↗ · Loosen tight clothing if someone feels faint.↗ · Shake your arms to loosen up before the race.↗ · Lots were drawn, and one fell upon our Prince, whose chains were immediately loosened.↗

loosestrife — Everyday, meaning 1: A tall wild plant that grows by rivers, ponds and in damp places; purple loosestrife has spikes of bright purple-pink flowers, and yellow loosestrife has yellow flowers.↗ Example: Purple loosestrife grows along the riverbank.↗ · Bees buzzed around the loosestrife.↗ · The loosestrife was reflected in the still water.↗ · In Canada, purple loosestrife is an invasive weed.↗ · Yellow loosestrife is a different plant.↗ · Grahame describes loosestrife, willow-herb and meadowsweet by the river.↗

loot — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) Things that are stolen, especially by robbers or soldiers, or treasure that is taken.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To steal from shops or houses, especially during a war, riot or disaster.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Things you get, such as presents, sweets or prizes in a game.↗ Example: The robbers hid the loot in a cave.↗ · The pirates shared out the loot.↗ · After the storm, some shops were looted.↗ · We came home from Halloween with loads of loot.↗ · Each guest got a loot bag at the party.↗ · In the game, you collect loot from treasure chests.↗ · The army looted the city and burned it.↗ · Don't spend real money on loot boxes without asking.↗

lop — Everyday, meaning 1: To lop is to cut off with one swift stroke, such as a branch or a head.↗ Example: The hero lopped off the dragon's head.↗ · Dad lopped the dead branch off the tree.↗ · Jason lopped the branch from the tree.↗ · Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the boughs with terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be laid low.↗ (Prophets ISA.10.33, JPS 1917)↗ · For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.↗ (Prophets ISA.18.5, JPS 1917)↗

lope — Everyday, meaning 1: To lope is to run with long, easy, springing steps.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (in tales, dialect) To lope off means to go away at an easy, quick pace.↗ Example: The wolf loped across the field.↗ · The fox loped off into the woods.↗ · The dog loped home after the ball.↗

lopsided — Everyday, meaning 1: Lopsided means leaning to one side, with one side bigger, lower or heavier than the other.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A lopsided result or game is very unequal.↗ Example: My cake came out lopsided.↗ · He gave me a lopsided smile.↗ · The picture on the wall is lopsided.↗ · The snowman looked lopsided.↗ · It was a lopsided game: 10–0.↗ · The shelf is lopsided because one bracket is loose.↗

lord — Everyday, meaning 1: A lord is a man of high rank, especially a noble in the UK, and the title for such a man (Lord Smith).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A man who has power over others, like a lord in a castle in history.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The Lord is a name for God in Christianity.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (exclamation) «Lord!» or «Good Lord!» shows surprise or worry; some people find it disrespectful.↗ Example: The lord lived in a large castle.↗ · In history, peasants worked the lord's land.↗ · Good Lord, look at the mess!↗ · The House of Lords is part of the UK Parliament.↗ · He lords it over his little brother.↗ · The Lord of the Rings is a famous book.↗ · "Glory be to Thee, O Lord!↗ · I am the LORD their God.↗ (Torah EXO.29.46, JPS 1917)↗ · I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.↗ (Torah GEN.49.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: (Torah EXO.6.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord?↗ (Writings PSA.44.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Blessed be the LORD for evermore.↗ (Writings PSA.89.53, JPS 1917)↗ · Bless the LORD, O my soul.↗ (Writings PSA.104.1, JPS 1917)↗