L — The school dictionary · page 41 2 3 4 5 6lidA lid is a cover on top of a box, pot, jar or bin that you can lift or take off.11 sentenceslidarA way of measuring distance by sending out quick flashes of laser light and timing how long they take to bounce back.9 sentencesliddedLidded means having a lid, a cover on top.8 sentenceslieTo lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground.15 sentencesliegeA liege is a lord or lady whom a person owes loyal service to, or a servant who owes such service.5 sentenceslieuIn lieu of something means instead of it.7 sentenceslieutenantAn officer in the army, navy or air force, of a junior to middle rank.11 sentenceslifeBeing alive: what people, animals and plants have and stones do not (they grow, feed, breathe, reproduce).17 sentenceslifeboatA strong boat kept on the coast that goes out to rescue people in danger at sea.8 sentenceslifeguardA lifeguard is a person whose job is to watch swimmers at a pool or beach and rescue anyone in danger in the water.9 sentenceslifelessLifeless means dead, or never having had life.10 sentenceslifelikeLifelike means so like a real person or thing that it looks alive.4 sentenceslifelongLifelong means lasting or continuing for all of someone's life.8 sentenceslifesavingLifesaving means saving or able to save someone's life, like lifesaving medicine.8 sentenceslifespanA lifespan is how long a person, animal or plant lives, or usually lives.8 sentenceslifetimeThe whole time that a person or animal is alive.10 sentencesliftTo lift is to pick something up and raise it.15 sentencesligamentA ligament is a strong, slightly stretchy band in your body that joins one bone to another at a joint, like the knee or ankle.8 sentencesligatureA ligature is a thread, string or band used to tie something tightly, especially by a doctor to tie off a blood vessel.9 sentencesligerA liger is the baby of a male lion and a female tiger; it is a hybrid, a mix of two kinds of animal.10 sentenceslightLight is what lets us see; it comes from the Sun, lamps and fire.18 sentenceslightbulbA lightbulb is a glass or plastic bulb that gives out light when electricity goes through it.8 sentenceslightenTo lighten something is to make it less heavy: lighten your bag.13 sentenceslighterA small device that makes a flame, used to light candles, cigarettes, stoves or fires.15 sentenceslightheartedCheerful and free from worry.9 sentenceslighthouseA 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.10 sentenceslightlessWith no light at all; completely dark.7 sentenceslightlyLightly means with little force or weight: «tap lightly».11 sentenceslightnessLightness is being not heavy.10 sentenceslightningThe 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.11 sentenceslightweightLightweight means not heavy, weighing less than usual.9 sentenceslikeTo like something is to enjoy it or think it is good.25 sentenceslikeableLikeable means easy to like; pleasant and friendly.7 sentenceslikelihoodHow likely something is to happen; the chance or probability of it.9 sentenceslikelyProbably going to happen or be true.16 sentenceslikenTo say that one thing is like another; to compare them.9 sentenceslikenessBeing alike or similar; how much one thing looks like another.10 sentenceslikewiseLikewise means in the same way: «Watch me and do likewise.».10 sentenceslilacA lilac is a bush or small tree with large bunches of small, sweet-smelling purple, pink or white flowers in spring.9 sentencesliloAn inflatable mattress: a plastic bed filled with air, used for floating on water or for sleeping on when camping.8 sentenceslilyA tall plant grown from a bulb, with large trumpet-shaped flowers, often white, orange or pink.21 sentenceslimbA limb is an arm or a leg.11 sentenceslimeA small round green citrus fruit with sour juice.14 sentenceslimerickA limerick is a short, funny poem of five lines, with lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyming together and lines 3 and 4 rhyming together (AABBA).9 sentenceslimestoneLimestone is a soft, usually grey or white sedimentary rock made mostly from the shells and skeletons of tiny sea creatures.9 sentenceslimitA limit is the greatest (or smallest) amount that is allowed or possible: a speed limit.11 sentenceslimitationA limitation is something that limits what a person or thing can do: «The robot has some limitations».12 sentenceslimousineA large, expensive, comfortable car, often with a long body and a driver (chauffeur), sometimes with a glass wall between driver and passe…9 sentenceslimpTo limp is to walk unevenly because one leg or foot is hurt or stiff.13 sentenceslimpetA limpet is a small sea animal with a cone-shaped shell that clings very tightly to rocks.8 sentenceslimpingLimping is walking unevenly because a leg or foot hurts.11 sentenceslincolnAbraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, who led the country during the American Civil War and worked to end slavery.12 sentenceslindenA linden is a tree with heart-shaped leaves and sweet-smelling flowers, also called a lime tree.4 sentenceslineA line is a row of people or things one behind another.17 sentenceslineageA lineage is the line of your ancestors, the family members who came before you, such as parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.8 sentenceslinenLinen is a strong, cool cloth made from the flax plant.11 sentenceslinerA big passenger ship that sailed across oceans on regular routes, like the Titanic (an ocean liner).11 sentenceslinesmanAn official who helps the referee or umpire by watching the lines of the pitch or court and showing with a flag when the ball goes out or…9 sentenceslingA ling is a long sea fish of the cod family, caught for food in the North Atlantic and around Australia and New Zealand.10 sentenceslingerTo linger is to stay somewhere longer than usual or than needed, because you do not want to leave.10 sentenceslingua«Lingua» is the Latin word for tongue and language.11 sentenceslinguisticTo do with language or languages.9 sentenceslinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of language: how sounds, words, grammar and meaning work, how languages change, and how people learn t…7 sentenceslinkA connection between two things, people or ideas: there is a link between sugar and tooth decay.14 sentenceslinnetA linnet is a small brown songbird of the finch family; the male has a pinkish-red chest and head in spring.7 sentenceslinseedLinseed is the seed of the flax plant, also called flaxseed.8 sentenceslintLint is tiny bits of fluff and fibre that come off clothes and cloth.10 sentenceslionA lion is a big wild cat with golden fur that lives mostly in Africa. The male has a large mane of hair around its head.12 sentenceslionessA female lion.11 sentenceslionfishA lionfish is a striped red, brown and white sea fish with long fan-like fins and venomous spines.7 sentenceslipYour lips are the two soft edges around your mouth.12 sentenceslipogramA piece of writing in which one letter of the alphabet is never used on purpose, for example a story with no letter "e".7 sentenceslippedIn old tales, «long lipped» means sulky, with the lower lip pushed out to show you are cross.4 sentenceslipstickColour for the lips, usually in a small stick that comes out of a tube.9 sentencesliquefyTo liquefy is to turn into a liquid, or to make a solid or gas become a liquid, often by heating or cooling or squeezing.7 sentencesliquidA liquid is something that flows and can be poured, like water, milk or juice.13 sentencesliquidateTo liquidate a company is to close it and sell everything it owns to pay its debts.9 sentencesliquorLiquor is a strong alcoholic drink, such as whisky or rum.5 sentenceslistA list is a set of words, names or numbers written one after another, often one under another.14 sentenceslistenTo listen is to pay attention to sounds or words so that you hear them: listen to music.14 sentenceslistenerA person who listens to someone or something.10 sentenceslitLit is the past form of «light», as in to make something start burning (lit a candle) or to give light to a place (the room was lit by lam…12 sentenceslitanyA litany is a long prayer in which a leader says a line and the people answer with the same response each time, like «Lord, have mercy».8 sentencesliteracyLiteracy is the ability to read and write.8 sentencesliteralTaking words in their most basic, exact meaning, not as a joke or figure of speech.10 sentencesliterallyLiterally means exactly as the words say, not as a figure of speech.10 sentencesliteraryLiterary means to do with literature: books, poems, plays and stories, and the people who write them.9 sentencesliteratureWritten works such as novels, poems and plays, especially ones thought to be good or important.12 sentenceslithiumLithium is a very light, soft, silvery metal; it is a chemical element with the symbol Li.9 sentenceslithosphereThe lithosphere is the hard, rocky outer layer of the Earth: the crust plus the very top part of the mantle, about 100 km thick, broken in…7 sentenceslithuanianLithuanian means from Lithuania, a country on the Baltic Sea in north-east Europe, or to do with its people.11 sentenceslitmusLitmus is a dye made from lichens that turns red in acid and blue in alkali, used to test liquids.8 sentenceslitotesLitotes is a kind of understatement where you say something by saying that its opposite is not true, like «not bad» meaning «good» or «not…8 sentenceslitreA litre is a unit for measuring liquids and the space inside things (volume).12 sentenceslitterLitter is rubbish like paper, cans and wrappers left lying on the ground in a public place.12 sentenceslittleLittle means small in size: a little house.14 sentenceslivA short form of «living», as in «liv rm» for living room in house adverts or notes.10 sentencesliveTo live is to be alive.16 sentenceslivelihoodA livelihood is the way a person earns money to pay for food and a home.4 sentenceslivelongLivelong means whole or entire, used with a time: the livelong day is the whole day.4 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/4/