📖 L — The English dictionary · page 8

latte — Everyday, meaning 1: A latte is a coffee drink made with espresso and lots of hot steamed milk, often with foam on top.↗ Example: Mum ordered a latte and I had a hot chocolate.↗ · The barista drew a heart in the latte foam.↗ · A chai latte has spiced tea instead of coffee.↗ · Dad likes his latte with oat milk.↗ · The café sells lattes in three sizes.↗ · He spilled his latte on the newspaper.↗

latter — Everyday, meaning 1: The latter means the second of two things or people just mentioned.↗ e.g. "tea or coffee?↗ I'll have the latter" means coffee.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Latter means near the end of a time.↗ e.g. "the latter part of the film".↗ Example: Sam and Ben both play, but the latter is better at football.↗ · Would you like apples or pears?↗ The latter, please.↗ · In the latter part of the year, the days get shorter.↗ · Of cats and dogs, I prefer the latter.↗ · The former is red and the latter is blue.↗ · She read two books and liked the latter more.↗ · This latter would be useful when he began housekeeping.↗ · If they were wise, they would understand this, they would discern their latter end.↗ (Torah DEU.32.29, JPS 1917)↗ · And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.↗ (Torah EXO.4.8, JPS 1917)↗ · who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that He might afflict thee, and that He might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; (Torah DEU.8.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.↗ (Writings PRO.19.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.↗ (Writings JOB.29.23, JPS 1917)↗ · In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.↗ (Writings PRO.16.15, JPS 1917)↗

lattice — Everyday, meaning 1: A lattice is a framework of thin strips crossed over each other like a net, often used for a window or gate.↗ Example: The garden gate had a lattice top.↗ · She pushed open the lattice window.↗ · The old woman passed the water through the lattice.↗ · For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice; (Writings PRO.7.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Through the window she looked forth, and peered, the mother of Sisera, through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming?↗ (Prophets JDG.5.28, JPS 1917)↗ · My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart; behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in through the windows, he peereth through the lattice.↗ (Writings SNG.2.9, JPS 1917)↗

laud — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To praise someone or something highly.↗ Example: O praise the LORD, all ye nations; laud Him, all ye peoples.↗ (Writings PSA.117.1, JPS 1917)↗ · One generation shall laud Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts.↗ (Writings PSA.145.4, JPS 1917)↗

laugh — Everyday, meaning 1: To make sounds with your voice that show you think something is funny or you are happy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make fun of someone.↗ e.g. "Don't laugh at him."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a noun, the sound of laughing or something fun.↗ e.g. "That was a good laugh."↗ Example: The joke made me laugh.↗ · We laughed until we cried.↗ · Don't laugh at people when they make mistakes.↗ · Her laugh is very loud.↗ · The baby laughs when I tickle her.↗ · We had a good laugh at the party.↗ · They burst out laughing.↗ · Laughing is good for you.↗ · The king laughed loud and long.↗ · And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'↗ (Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Then Sarah denied, saying: 'I laughed not'; for she was afraid.↗ (Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'↗ (Torah GEN.21.6, JPS 1917)↗ · The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: (Writings PSA.52.8, JPS 1917)↗ · The righteous saw it, and were glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn: (Writings JOB.22.19, JPS 1917)↗ · The Lord doth laugh at him; for He seeth that his day is coming.↗ (Writings PSA.37.13, JPS 1917)↗

laughing — Everyday, meaning 1: Laughing means making happy sounds with your voice and face when something is funny.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Laughing at someone means making fun of them unkindly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Laughing with someone means sharing the fun together.↗ Example: The children were laughing at the clown.↗ · We couldn't stop laughing at the joke.↗ · Stop laughing at him; it isn't kind.↗ · She was laughing so hard she cried.↗ · He burst out laughing when the dog stole the sausage.↗ · Being lost is no laughing matter.↗ · The kookaburra sounds like it's laughing.↗ · We were laughing with each other all evening.↗ · “I am laughing at your lies.”↗ · walking, seeing, hearing, working, coition, smelling, sleep, anger, swallowing and laughing.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock, (Writings JOB.12.4, JPS 1917)↗ · O LORD, Thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed, Thou hast overcome me, and hast prevailed; I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.↗ (Prophets JER.20.7, JPS 1917)↗

laughingly — Everyday, meaning 1: Laughingly means while laughing, or in a playful, teasing way.↗ Example: «Catch me!» she said laughingly.↗ · The monkey replied laughingly.↗ · He laughingly gave the coin away.↗

laughingstock — Everyday, meaning 1: A laughingstock is a person whom everyone laughs at, usually in an unkind way.↗ Example: Don't be the laughingstock of the class.↗ · After the fall, he was the laughingstock of the school.↗

laughter — Everyday, meaning 1: Laughter is the sound or act of laughing.↗ Example: The room was filled with laughter.↗ · We burst into laughter at the funny video.↗ · The audience roared with laughter.↗ · I could hear laughter from the playground.↗ · Laughter is the best medicine, Grandma says.↗ · Her laughter was so loud that everyone turned around.↗ · Again the boys shouted with laughter.↗ · And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'↗ (Torah GEN.21.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.↗ (Writings JOB.8.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness.↗ (Writings PRO.14.13, JPS 1917)↗ · I said of laughter: 'It is mad'; and of mirth: 'What doth it accomplish?'↗ (Writings ECC.2.2, JPS 1917)↗

launch — Everyday, meaning 1: To launch is to send a rocket, missile or spacecraft up into the air or space.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To launch a boat is to put it into the water.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To launch something new is to start it or make it available to the public (launch a book, a product, a website).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A launch is the act of launching.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A launch is also a large motorboat.↗ Example: The rocket was launched into space.↗ · We launched our model boat on the pond.↗ · The company will launch a new game soon.↗ · Our school is launching a recycling project.↗ · The spacecraft sits on the launch pad.↗ · Tap the icon to launch the app.↗ · Grandpa launched into a long story about the war.↗ · At a sign from the king it was launched, and floated proudly and safely like a bird on the waves.↗

launder — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To wash and iron clothes, sheets or towels.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To hide where dishonestly gained money came from by passing it through a business or bank so it looks honest (launder money).↗ Example: The hotel launders the towels every day (formal).↗ · Please launder this shirt before the wedding.↗ · The criminals tried to launder stolen money.↗ · Money laundering is against the law.↗ · Freshly laundered sheets smell lovely.↗ · The police caught the gang laundering cash through a café.↗

laundress — Everyday, meaning 1: (old-fashioned) A woman whose job is to wash and iron clothes and sheets for other people.↗ Example: The laundress washed the sheets in a big tub.↗ · In Victorian times many women worked as laundresses.↗ · Toad dressed up as a washerwoman to escape.↗ · The laundress ironed the shirts with a heavy iron.↗ · The laundress worked long hours for little money.↗ · The hotel once had its own laundress.↗ · The laundress felt a little better by this time.↗

laundry — Everyday, meaning 1: Clothes, sheets and towels that need washing or have just been washed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The job of washing them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A room or a business where clothes are washed.↗ Example: Put your dirty socks in the laundry basket.↗ · Dad does the laundry on Sundays.↗ · Help me fold the clean laundry.↗ · The laundry dried quickly on the line in the sun.↗ · Laundry pods look like sweets but are poisonous.↗ · Our flats have a shared laundry in the basement.↗ · Sort the laundry into dark and light colours.↗ · The hotel sends the sheets to a laundry.↗

laurel — Everyday, meaning 1: A laurel is an evergreen bush with shiny dark leaves.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) A wreath of laurel leaves was worn as a crown of honour.↗ Example: The hedge is made of laurel.↗ · Apollo's crown was made of laurel.↗ · Tall laurel grew by the wall.↗

laurels — Everyday, meaning 1: Laurels are the leaves or bushes of the laurel plant.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Laurels means honour and praise for a success (rest on one's laurels: be content with past success).↗ Example: Plant these two laurels by the gate.↗ · They sat under the laurels in the garden.↗ · He won laurels for his singing.↗

lav — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A Hebrew-letter name in a transliteration, probably a form of "vav", the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.↗ Example: VVi Jjy n'7yD'? vy laV'? io'di (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

lava — Everyday, meaning 1: Lava is hot, melted rock that flows out of a volcano.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Lava is also the rock formed when this melted rock cools and hardens.↗ Example: Lava poured down the side of the volcano.↗ · Lava can be over 1,000 degrees Celsius.↗ · When lava cools it becomes hard rock.↗ · The islands of Hawaii were made by lava.↗ · We played «the floor is lava» on the sofas.↗ · A lava lamp has slow blobs of coloured wax.↗ · The lava flow destroyed the road.↗ · Does the crater of the volcano know that the glowing lava is pouring from it?↗

lavatory — Everyday, meaning 1: A lavatory is a toilet: the bowl you use to get rid of waste from your body.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A lavatory is a room or small building with a toilet in it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: It is a polite and slightly formal or old-fashioned word, used on signs, in planes and trains.↗ Example: Excuse me, where is the lavatory?↗ · The lavatory on the train was out of order.↗ · Please wash your hands after using the lavatory.↗ · The aeroplane has two lavatories at the back.↗ · There's a public lavatory next to the park.↗ · Grandma always calls the toilet «the lavatory».↗ · The sign said: «Lavatory occupied».↗

lavender — Everyday, meaning 1: A small bush with sweet-smelling purple flowers, used in gardens, soaps and perfumes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A pale purple colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The oil or scent made from these flowers.↗ Example: Bees buzzed around the lavender in the garden.↗ · Grandma keeps a lavender bag in her drawer.↗ · My new bedroom is painted lavender.↗ · The soap smells of lavender.↗ · We saw fields of purple lavender on holiday.↗ · Lavender oil is said to help some people relax.↗ · She wore a lavender dress to the party.↗ · "The old man's mind is wandering," said the society editor, smoothing the wrinkles out of his lavender kids.↗

laver — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A large bronze basin for washing, used by the priests in the Tabernacle.↗ Example: And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.↗ (Torah EXO.40.11, JPS 1917)↗ · and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base; (Torah EXO.31.9, JPS 1917)↗ · and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.↗ (Torah EXO.30.28, JPS 1917)↗ · and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases; (Prophets 1KI.7.43, JPS 1917)↗ · He made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases; (Writings 2CH.4.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.↗ (Prophets 1KI.7.38, JPS 1917)↗

lavish — Everyday, meaning 1: Lavish means given in very large amounts, generous and more than enough: a lavish meal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To lavish is to give a great deal of something, such as love or praise, to someone.↗ Example: She gave lavish gifts to all her guests.↗ · The queen lavished gold on her servants.↗ · He was lavish with his praise.↗ · They lavished love on their old dog.↗ · Our teacher is not lavish with stickers.↗ · Ye that lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; ye that hire a goldsmith, that he make it a god, to fall down thereto, yea, to worship.↗ (Prophets ISA.46.6, JPS 1917)↗

law — Everyday, meaning 1: A law is a rule made by a government that everyone in a country or place must follow.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The law means all of these rules together, and the system of police and courts.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A law of science (or of nature) is a rule that always seems to be true, such as the law of gravity.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Law is also the subject people study to become lawyers.↗ Example: It is against the law to steal.↗ · In many countries, wearing a seat belt is the law.↗ · People who break the law may have to pay a fine.↗ · Laws are made by the government.↗ · The police help to keep the law.↗ · The law of gravity explains why things fall down.↗ · My aunt studied law at university.↗ · By law, children must go to school.↗ · The laws of nature are unchangeable.↗ · Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law.↗ (Torah DEU.27.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And this is the law of the guilt-offering: it is most holy.↗ (Torah LEV.7.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.↗ (Torah DEU.33.4, JPS 1917)↗ · O how love I Thy law!↗ (Writings PSA.119.97, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, this is the law of the house.↗ (Prophets EZK.43.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah.↗ (Writings 1CH.2.4, JPS 1917)↗