L
- la noun (la — music note); also abbreviation LA; also short sound
The sixth note in the do-re-mi singing scale (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do), also written "lah". - labial adjective
Having to do with the lips, said of sounds made with the lips. - labor noun (labors); verb (labors, labored, laboring) (American spelling of «labour»)
1) Noun: hard work, especially physical work. 2) Verb: to work hard at a task. 3) Noun: workers, the people who do the work. - labour noun (labour; labours — rare); verb (labour, labours, laboured, labouring); proper noun (Labour — a UK political party)
Labour is hard work, especially work with your body. - lack verb (lack, lacks, lacked, lacking); noun (lack)
1) To lack means not to have something, or not to have enough of it. 2) A lack is not having enough: a lack of sleep, a lack of water. - lacking adjective (lacking); verb form of lack (lack, lacks, lacked, lacking)
Lacking means not having something you need, or not having enough of it. - lad noun (a lad, lads)
1) (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A lad is a boy or young man. 2) (informal) "The lads" are a group of male friends. 3) (informal)… - ladanum noun
A sticky, sweet-smelling resin from a plant, used for perfume and medicine. - ladder noun (a ladder, ladders); verb (ladder, ladders, laddered — UK, of tights)
A ladder is a piece of equipment for climbing up and down, with two long side pieces joined by steps called rungs. - lade verb
An old word meaning to load a beast or a ship with goods. - laden adjective (laden); old past participle of lade
1) Carrying a heavy load; full of something. 2) Weighed down with a lot of something, often a worry or feeling. - laid verb form (laid; past and past participle of lay)
Laid is the past of lay: to put something down carefully, often flat: She laid the baby in the cot. - lair noun (lair, lairs)
1) A lair is the den or hiding place of a wild animal. 2) A lair is any secret place where a villain hides. - lamb noun (lamb, lambs); verb (lamb, lambs, lambed, lambing)
1) A lamb is a young sheep. 2) Lamb is the meat of a young sheep. 3) A lamb is a gentle, kind person, often a child: «you're a lamb». 4)… - lambert noun
A person's surname. Here it is the name of a scholar who is cited as a source. - lame adjective (lame, lamer, lamest); verb (lame — rare)
Unable to walk normally because of a hurt leg or foot (used mostly about animals, especially horses). - lameness noun (lameness)
Lameness is the state of being unable to walk well because a leg or foot is hurt. - lament verb (lament, laments, lamented, lamenting); noun (a lament, laments)
To lament is to show or say strongly that you are very sad or sorry about something, often someone's death. - lamentation noun (a lamentation, lamentations; also uncountable)
Loud crying and sad words because of grief or loss. - lamp noun (lamp, lamps)
A lamp is a thing that gives light, often standing on a table, a desk or along a street. - lance noun (a lance, lances); verb (lance, lances, lanced, lancing)
A lance is a long spear with a pointed tip, carried by knights on horseback in battles and jousts. - land noun (land, lands); verb (land, lands, landed, landing)
Land is the ground, the part of the Earth that is not water. - landmark noun (a landmark, landmarks)
A landmark is a building or place that is easy to see and recognise, which helps you know where you are. - language noun (language, languages)
A language is the words that people use to speak and write, like English, French or Spanish. - languish verb
To grow weak, tired or miserable, as when a person or land suffers for a long time. - lap noun (lap, laps); verb (lap, laps, lapped, lapping)
A lap is one time around a track, field or pool. - lapp noun (a Lapp, Lapps); adjective (Lapp)
Lapp is an old name for the Sámi, the Indigenous people of the far north of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. - lapse noun (a lapse, lapses); verb (lapse, lapses, lapsed, lapsing)
A small mistake or failure, often caused by not paying attention: a lapse of memory. - larch noun (a larch, larches; larch — the wood)
A larch is a tall cone-bearing tree with soft needles that turn yellow and fall off in autumn. - large adjective (large, larger, largest)
1) Large means big in size: a large house. 2) Large means big in number or amount: a large crowd, a large sum of money. 3) Large is a size… - largeness noun
Being large or great in size. - last adjective, adverb (last); verb (last, lasts, lasted, lasting); noun (the last)
Last means coming at the end, after all the others. - lastly adverb
Lastly means at the end, after everything else; it introduces the last thing in a list. - latchet noun
An old word for a strap or lace that fastens a shoe or sandal. - late adjective (late, later, latest); adverb (late, later)
Late means after the right, usual or planned time: «You are late for school». - latent adjective
Hidden or present but not yet showing or active. - later adverb (later); adjective (late, later, latest)
Later means after some time, not now: «I will do it later.». - latest adjective (latest — superlative of late); noun (the latest)
Latest means the newest or most recent (the latest news, the latest game). - latin noun (Latin); adjective (Latin)
The language of the ancient Romans; it is no longer anyone's first language but is still studied and used in science and law. - latter adjective (latter); pronoun-like noun (the latter)
The latter means the second of two things or people just mentioned: "tea or coffee? I'll have the latter" means coffee. - lattice noun (lattices)
A lattice is a framework of thin strips crossed over each other like a net, often used for a window or gate. - laud verb
To praise someone or something highly. - laugh verb (laugh, laughs, laughed, laughing); noun (a laugh, laughs)
To make sounds with your voice that show you think something is funny or you are happy. - laughing verb form (laugh, laughs, laughed, laughing); adjective (laughing); noun (laughing, laughter)
Laughing means making happy sounds with your voice and face when something is funny. - laughter noun (laughter — uncountable)
1) Laughter is the sound or act of laughing. - lav noun
A Hebrew-letter name in a transliteration, probably a form of "vav", the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. - laver noun
A large bronze basin for washing, used by the priests in the Tabernacle. - lavish adjective (lavish, more lavish, most lavish); verb (lavishes, lavished, lavishing)
Lavish means given in very large amounts, generous and more than enough: a lavish meal. - law noun (a law, laws; the law)
A law is a rule made by a government that everyone in a country or place must follow. - lawful adjective (lawful)
1) Lawful means allowed by the law, legal. 2) Lawful can also mean obeying the law or right according to rules. - lawgiver noun (lawgivers)
A lawgiver is a person who makes the laws for a people or country, such as a wise leader long ago. - lay verb (lay, lays, laid, laying); also the past of «lie» (lie, lay, lain)
To lay is to put something down carefully, often flat: «lay the baby in the cot». - layer noun (layer, layers); verb (layer, layers, layered, layering)
A layer is one flat level of something lying on top of or under another, like a layer of a cake. - laying verb form of lay (lay, lays, laid, laying); adjective (laying)
Laying means putting something down, usually flat or carefully, like laying a book on a table. - le article (French; le, la, les) — not an English word
«Le» means «the» in French, used before a masculine word: «le chat» is «the cat». - lead verb (lead, leads, led, leading) — said «leed»; noun (a lead, leads) — said «leed»; noun (lead — the metal) — said «led»
To lead (leed) is to go in front and show the way, or to be in charge of a group. - leaders noun (plural of «leader»: a leader, leaders)
People who lead or are in charge of a group, a team, a country or an organisation. - leaf noun (leaf, leaves); verb (leaf through, leafs, leafed, leafing)
A leaf is one of the flat, usually green parts that grow on a plant or tree. - leafy adjective (leafy, leafier, leafiest)
1) Having lots of leaves: «a leafy tree». 2) (of a place) With many trees and gardens, green and pleasant: «a leafy street». 3) (of… - league noun (a league, leagues)
A group of sports teams or clubs that play matches against each other to see who is best. - lean verb (lean, leans, leaned/leant, leaning); adjective (lean, leaner, leanest)
To lean is to bend your body towards something or away from straight: «Lean forward». - leap verb (leap, leaps, leapt or leaped, leaping); noun (a leap, leaps)
1) To leap means to jump high or far. 2) To leap also means to move or act suddenly, like leaping out of bed. 3) A leap is a big jump, or… - learn verb (learn, learns, learned/learnt, learning)
To learn is to come to know something new, or to get a new skill: learn to swim. - least adjective, adverb, pronoun (little, less, least)
1) Least means the smallest amount. The one with the least has less than all the others. 2) «At least» means that number or more, not… - leather noun (leather — uncountable); adjective (leather)
1) Leather is a strong material made from the skin of animals such as cows, treated so it does not rot, used for shoes, bags, belts… - leave verb (leave, leaves, left, leaving); noun (leave — time off; permission)
To leave is to go away from a place: leave the room. - leaven noun
A substance, such as old fermented dough or yeast, that is added to dough to make it rise and become light and puffy. - leavened adjective
Made with leaven, so that the dough has risen; the opposite of unleavened. - leaving noun (leavings, usually plural)
Leavings are things left over, such as scraps of food left on a plate. - lecture noun (a lecture, lectures); verb (lecture, lectures, lectured, lecturing)
A talk given to a group of people, especially students at a university, to teach them about a subject. - led verb (past and past participle of «lead»: lead, leads, led, leading)
Showed the way by going in front (she led us to the park). - ledge noun (a ledge, ledges)
A ledge is a narrow, flat shelf sticking out from a wall, cliff or window. - lee noun (the lee); adjective (lee: the lee side); also a name (Lee)
The lee is the side of something that is sheltered from the wind, like the lee of a wall or a hill. - leek noun (a leek, leeks)
1) A long vegetable with a white stem and green leaves that tastes like a mild onion. 2) The leek is a national symbol of Wales. - left adjective, adverb, noun (the left); verb (leave, leaves, left, leaving)
Left means still there after some has gone or been used: «Two cakes are left». - leg noun (leg, legs)
A leg is a part of the body that people and animals stand and walk on. - legal adjective (legal, more legal, most legal)
1) Allowed by the law of a country or place. 2) To do with the law, courts and lawyers: legal advice, a legal case. 3) Following the rules… - legend noun (a legend, legends)
A legend is an old, famous story from the past that may be partly true but cannot be proved, like the stories of King Arthur or Robin Hood. - legendary adjective (legendary; more legendary)
Legendary means from a legend, an old story that may or may not be true («the legendary King Arthur»). - lei noun (a lei, leis); also plural of leu (lei)
A lei is a Hawaiian garland or necklace made of flowers, leaves, shells or feathers, given as a sign of welcome, love or celebration. - lend verb (lend, lends, lent, lending)
To lend is to give something to someone for a while, and they give it back later. - lender noun (a lender, lenders)
A person or organisation that lends something, especially money, which must be paid back. - length noun (length, lengths)
Length is how long something is from one end to the other. - lengthen verb (lengthen, lengthens, lengthened, lengthening)
To lengthen something means to make it longer: «lengthen a skirt», «lengthen a sentence». - lengthening verb form (-ing form of lengthen); noun (a lengthening); adjective (lengthening)
1) Lengthening is making something longer, or becoming longer. 2) Lengthening shadows or days are slowly getting longer. - lent verb (past tense and past participle of lend: lend, lent, lent); noun, proper (Lent — with a capital L)
Past of «lend»: gave something to someone for a short time, expecting to get it back (I lent him my pen). - lentil noun (a lentil, lentils)
A lentil is a small round flat seed, brown, green, red or yellow, that grows in pods and is cooked and eaten, often in soups and stews. - leo noun (Leo — a constellation, star sign and name)
A group of stars, a constellation, said to look like a lion. - leopard noun (a leopard, leopards)
A leopard is a big wild cat with yellow fur covered in dark spots called rosettes; it lives in Africa and parts of Asia. - leper noun (a leper, lepers)
A person who has leprosy, an illness of the skin and nerves. - leprosy noun (leprosy, uncountable)
An illness caused by germs (bacteria) that harms the skin and nerves, so people can lose feeling in their hands and feet. - leprous adjective
Having leprosy, or the skin disease described in the Torah. - less adjective, determiner, adverb, pronoun (less, least); preposition (ten less two)
1) Less means a smaller amount: less sugar. 2) Less means not so much: less noisy. 3) «Less than» compares two amounts: 5 is less than 8… - lesser adjective (lesser)
Lesser means smaller in amount or size: the lesser of two numbers. - lesson noun (lesson, lessons)
A lesson is a time when you are taught something: a maths lesson. - let verb (let, lets, let, letting); noun (a let — in tennis; to let — for rent)
To allow someone to do something: "Mum let me stay up.". - letter noun (letter, letters); verb (letter, letters, lettered — rare)
A letter is one of the signs we use to write words, like A, b or Z. - letting verb (present participle of let: let, lets, let, letting)
Letting means allowing someone to do something: Mum is letting me stay up late. - lev noun (a lev, leva) — Bulgarian money; Ukrainian and Russian word in Latin letters
The money of Bulgaria; one lev is divided into 100 stotinki. - level noun (a level, levels); adjective (level); verb (level, levels, levelled/leveled, levelling/leveling)
A level is a height or amount: the water level, the noise level.
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