L
- leviathan noun (a leviathan, leviathans; Leviathan)
A huge sea monster described in the Bible, in books such as Job, Psalms and Isaiah. - levite noun (a Levite, Levites)
A member of the Israelite tribe of Levi, whose men served in the Temple, helping the priests, singing and caring for holy things. - levy noun (a levy, levies); verb (levy, levies, levied, levying)
A levy is a tax or charge that people or companies must pay. - lewd adjective (lewder, lewdest)
Lewd means rude and crude about sex, in a way that is not decent and not suitable for children. - lewdly adverb
In a shameful, indecent way, especially about sex. - lewdness noun
Shameful or sinful behaviour in sexual matters. - li fragment or name; noun (li, li — a Chinese unit, rare in English)
"Li" is not a usual English word; it is most often a piece of a longer word or a short form. - liability noun (a liability, liabilities; liability, uncountable)
Liability is being legally responsible for something, especially for paying for damage or harm. - liar noun (a liar, liars)
A liar is a person who tells lies, saying things they know are not true to trick someone. - liberal adjective (liberal, more liberal, most liberal); noun (a liberal, liberals; a Liberal)
Respecting people's freedom and willing to accept ideas and ways of life different from your own. - liberally adverb
Liberally means in a generous way, giving a lot or giving freely. - liberty noun (liberty, liberties)
Liberty is freedom: the right to live, speak and act as you choose without being controlled or imprisoned unfairly. - libra noun
The seventh sign of the zodiac, shown as scales. - library noun (library, libraries)
A library is a place with many books, and often films and computers, that people can borrow or use. - libyan adjective
Of or from Libya, a country in North Africa. - license noun (plural licences in British English); verb (licenses, licensed, licensing)
1) A license is a written paper that says someone is allowed to do something, such as drive a car or keep a dog; in Britain the noun is… - lick verb (lick, licks, licked, licking); noun (a lick, licks)
To lick something means to move your tongue over it, to taste it, eat it or wet it. - lid noun (a lid, lids)
A lid is a cover on top of a box, pot, jar or bin that you can lift or take off. - lie verb (lie, lies, lay, lain, lying = rest flat); verb (lie, lies, lied, lying = say what is false); noun (a lie, lies)
To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground. - lien noun
A mistaken printing of a name or word in an old scanned book; here it stands for "Rabbi" or a name such as "Ben" before Sira. - life noun (a life, lives — uncountable in the general sense)
Being alive: what people, animals and plants have and stones do not (they grow, feed, breathe, reproduce). - lifeblood noun
The blood that carries life in a body, or the thing a person's life depends on. - lifeless adjective (lifeless)
Lifeless means dead, or never having had life. - lifetime noun (a lifetime, lifetimes)
The whole time that a person or animal is alive. - lift verb (lift, lifts, lifted, lifting); noun (a lift, lifts)
1) To lift is to pick something up and raise it. 2) A lift is a machine that carries people up and down in a building; Americans call it… - light noun (light, lights); adjective (light, lighter, lightest); verb (light, lights, lit or lighted, lighting)
Light is what lets us see; it comes from the Sun, lamps and fire. - lighten verb (lighten, lightens, lightened, lightening)
To lighten something is to make it less heavy: lighten your bag. - lighter noun (a lighter, lighters); adjective, comparative (light, lighter, lightest)
A small device that makes a flame, used to light candles, cigarettes, stoves or fires. - lightly adverb
Lightly means with little force or weight: «tap lightly». - lightness noun (lightness, uncountable)
1) Lightness is being not heavy. 2) Lightness is being bright or pale in colour. 3) Lightness is a gentle, cheerful, easy feeling or way… - lightning noun (lightning — uncountable; a flash/bolt of lightning)
The 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. - lii noun
A mistaken printing of letters in an old scanned book; here it stands for the word "his". - like verb (like, likes, liked, liking); preposition (like); conjunction (like — informal); noun (likes); adverb and filler (like — casual)
To like something is to enjoy it or think it is good. - likely adjective (likely, more likely/likelier, most likely/likeliest); adverb (likely — probably)
Probably going to happen or be true: "It's likely to rain.". - liken verb (liken, likens, likened, likening)
1) To say that one thing is like another; to compare them. 2) Used with «to»: «liken A to B» means say A is similar to B. - likeness noun (a likeness, likenesses)
1) Being alike or similar; how much one thing looks like another. 2) A picture, drawing or statue that looks like a real person. - likewise adverb (likewise)
Likewise means in the same way: «Watch me and do likewise.». - lily noun (a lily, lilies); also a girl's name (Lily)
A tall plant grown from a bulb, with large trumpet-shaped flowers, often white, orange or pink. - limb noun (limb, limbs)
1) A limb is an arm or a leg. 2) A limb is a large branch of a tree. 3) «Out on a limb» means alone, with an idea others do not support. - lime noun (a lime, limes; lime — uncountable for the chemical and the colour); adjective (lime green)
A small round green citrus fruit with sour juice. - limit noun (a limit, limits); verb (limit, limits, limited, limiting)
A limit is the greatest (or smallest) amount that is allowed or possible: a speed limit. - limitation noun (a limitation, limitations; limitation, uncountable)
A limitation is something that limits what a person or thing can do: «The robot has some limitations». - limp verb (limp, limps, limped, limping); noun (a limp); adjective (limp, limper, limpest)
To limp is to walk unevenly because one leg or foot is hurt or stiff. - line noun (line, lines); verb (line, lines, lined, lining)
A line is a row of people or things one behind another. - linear adjective
Made of lines, or in the form of straight lines rather than pictures. - linen noun (linen, uncountable)
Linen is a strong, cool cloth made from the flax plant. - ling noun (a ling, ling or lings — fish; ling, uncountable — plant); (Mandarin, pinyin) líng / lǐng / lìng
A ling is a long sea fish of the cod family, caught for food in the North Atlantic and around Australia and New Zealand. - linger verb (linger, lingers, lingered, lingering)
To linger is to stay somewhere longer than usual or than needed, because you do not want to leave. - lingual adjective
Having to do with the tongue. - linguist noun
A person who studies languages. - linguistic adjective (linguistic)
1) To do with language or languages. 2) To do with linguistics, the science that studies how languages work. - linguistically adverb
In a way that has to do with language. - link noun (a link, links); verb (link, links, linked, linking)
A connection between two things, people or ideas: there is a link between sugar and tooth decay. - lintel noun
The beam across the top of a door or window, resting on the side posts. - lion noun (lion, lions; female lioness, lionesses)
A lion is a big wild cat with golden fur that lives mostly in Africa. - lioness noun (a lioness, lionesses)
1) A female lion. 2) (figurative) A brave, strong woman who protects her family or team. - lip noun (a lip, lips)
Your lips are the two soft edges around your mouth. - liquor noun (plural liquors)
Liquor is a strong alcoholic drink, such as whisky or rum. - list noun (list, lists); verb (list, lists, listed, listing)
A list is a set of words, names or numbers written one after another, often one under another. - listen verb (listen, listens, listened, listening)
To listen is to pay attention to sounds or words so that you hear them: listen to music. - lit verb form (past of light: light, lights, lit, lighting); adjective (lit, lit up); slang adjective (lit — exciting, informal)
1) Lit 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… - literal adjective (literal)
Taking words in their most basic, exact meaning, not as a joke or figure of speech. - literally adverb (literally)
Literally means exactly as the words say, not as a figure of speech. - literary adjective (literary, more literary)
Literary means to do with literature: books, poems, plays and stories, and the people who write them. - literati noun
People who are well educated and know a lot about books and writing. - literature noun (literature — uncountable)
Written works such as novels, poems and plays, especially ones thought to be good or important. - litter noun (litter, uncountable; a litter, litters); verb (litter, litters, littered, littering)
Litter is rubbish like paper, cans and wrappers left lying on the ground in a public place. - little adjective (little, littler, littlest — usually smaller, smallest); determiner, pronoun (little, less, least; a little); adverb
1) Little means small in size: a little house. 2) Little means young: my little brother. 3) «A little» means a small amount, some: a… - liturgy noun
The set words, prayers and songs used in a religious service. - liv fragment / abbreviation; proper noun (Liv)
A short form of «living», as in «liv rm» for living room in house adverts or notes. - live verb (live, lives, lived, living) [rhymes with give]; adjective (live) [rhymes with five]; adverb (live)
1) To live is to be alive. 2) To live somewhere is to have your home there. 3) To live a certain way is to spend your life like that: live… - lively adjective (lively, livelier, liveliest)
Lively means full of energy, fun and activity. - liver noun (a liver, livers; liver — uncountable as food)
The liver is a large organ in your body, under your ribs on the right, that cleans the blood, stores energy and helps digest food. - livestock noun (livestock — uncountable, used with a plural or singular verb)
1) Animals kept on a farm for food, milk, wool or work, such as cows, sheep, pigs, goats and chickens. - lizard noun (a lizard, lizards)
1) A lizard is a reptile with scaly skin, four short legs and a long tail, such as a gecko or iguana. - load noun (a load, loads); verb (load, loads, loaded, loading)
A load is something heavy that is carried, for example by a truck, a person or a washing machine. - loaf noun (loaf, loaves); verb (loaf, loafs, loafed, loafing — to be lazy)
A loaf is bread baked in one big piece, before it is cut into slices. - loam noun (loam — uncountable)
1) Loam is rich, dark soil made of a good mix of sand, silt and clay, with rotting plants in it; it is very good for growing things. - loan noun (a loan, loans); verb (loan, loans, loaned, loaning)
A loan is money that someone borrows and must pay back, often with extra money called interest. - loath adjective (also loth)
Loath means unwilling, not wanting to do something: loath to go. - loathe verb
To hate something and feel disgusted by it. - loathsome adjective (more loathsome, most loathsome)
Loathsome means so nasty or disgusting that people hate it. - loathsomeness noun
The state of being disgusting or hateful to look at or think about. - lobe noun (a lobe, lobes)
An earlobe (lobe) is the soft round part at the bottom of your ear. - locality noun (a locality, localities)
An area or neighbourhood; the place around a particular point. - lock noun (a lock, locks); verb (lock, locks, locked, locking)
A lock is a device on a door, box or bike that keeps it closed so it can only be opened with a key, code or card. - loco noun
Latin for "in the place" or "position" (as in "in the second place"). - locum noun
Latin for "place"; a "locum" is a person who stands in for another for a time. - locust noun (a locust, locusts)
A large kind of grasshopper that sometimes gathers in huge swarms that fly far and eat all the crops. - lodge noun (a lodge, lodges); verb (lodge, lodges, lodged, lodging)
A small house or cabin in the country, mountains or a park, used for holidays, hunting or skiing. - lodging noun (lodging, lodgings — often plural in UK); also the -ing form of the verb lodge
A place to stay for a short time, such as a room in someone's house or an inn. - loftily adverb (no change)
Loftily means in a proud, grand way, as if you think you are better than others. - loftiness noun
The quality of being very high or proud. - lofty adjective (lofty, loftier, loftiest)
1) Very high or tall: lofty mountains. 2) Very grand, noble or ambitious: lofty ideas. 3) Proud and acting as if better than others: a… - log noun (log, logs); verb (log, logs, logged, logging)
A log is a thick piece of a tree trunk or big branch that has been cut down. - logic noun (logic; uncountable)
Logic is careful, clear thinking where each step follows from the one before, so you reach a sensible answer. - logically adverb
In a way that follows clear reasoning. - loin noun (a loin, loins)
Loin is a cut of meat from the back of an animal, between the ribs and the hips: pork loin, lamb loin. - long adjective (long, longer, longest); adverb; verb (long, longs, longed — to wish)
Long tells how much length something has from one end to the other: «14 metres long». - longer adjective, adverb (comparative of long)
Longer means having more length than something else.
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