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- 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". - lab noun (a lab, labs — short for laboratory); also Lab (a Labrador dog)
A laboratory: a room or building where scientists do experiments and tests. - label noun (a label, labels); verb (label, labels, labelled/labeled, labelling/labeling)
A label is a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic on something that gives information about it. - labelled verb, past and past participle of «label» (label, labels, labelled, labelling); adjective (labelled)
With a label on it — a small piece of paper or sticker with a name or information. - 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. - laboratory noun (a laboratory, laboratories; short form: lab, labs)
A room or building with special equipment where scientists do experiments and tests. - labored adjective (more labored, most labored); also past form of «labor»
Done with great effort, or breathing hard and slowly, as if tired. - laborer noun (laborers) (American spelling of «labourer»)
A person who does hard physical work for pay, often on a farm or building site. - laborious adjective (laborious, more laborious, most laborious)
1) Needing a lot of hard work, effort and time. 2) (of writing or speech) Slow and heavy, showing too much effort. - 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. - labourer noun (a labourer, labourers); US spelling laborer
1) A person whose job is hard physical work, such as building, digging or farming, usually without special training. - labyrinth noun (a labyrinth, labyrinths)
A complicated network of paths or passages where it is easy to get lost; a maze. - lac noun (lac, lacs)
A lac is a sum of one hundred thousand (100,000), used for large amounts of money in India. - lace noun (lace; a lace, laces); verb (lace, laces, laced, lacing)
A lace (or shoelace) is a thin string used to tie a shoe or boot. - lacerate verb (lacerate, lacerates, lacerated, lacerating)
To lacerate skin or flesh is to cut or tear it badly, leaving a jagged wound. - 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. - lackey noun (lackey, lackeys)
A lackey is a male servant in uniform who waits on rich people and opens doors for them. - lacking adjective (lacking); verb form of lack (lack, lacks, lacked, lacking)
Lacking means not having something you need, or not having enough of it. - lacquer noun (lacquer, lacquers); verb (lacquer, lacquers, lacquered, lacquering)
Lacquer is a clear or coloured liquid that dries to a hard, shiny coat on wood or metal. - lactase noun (lactase); uncountable
1) (science) Lactase is an enzyme, a natural chemical in the body, that breaks down lactose, the sugar in milk, so it can be digested. - lactic adjective (lactic)
1) Lactic means to do with milk. 2) Lactic acid is a substance made when milk goes sour and also made in your muscles during hard exercise. - lactose noun (lactose — uncountable)
1) Lactose is the natural sugar found in milk and in foods made from milk, such as cheese, yoghurt and ice cream. - lacy adjective (lacy, lacier, laciest)
Made of lace, or decorated with lace (a fine fabric with patterns of holes). - 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)… - 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. - laddie noun (laddie, laddies)
A laddie is a boy or young lad; it is a Scottish word for a little boy. - 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. - ladle noun (a ladle, ladles); verb (ladle, ladles, ladled, ladling)
A big deep spoon with a long handle, used to serve soup or sauce. - lady noun (lady, ladies)
1) A lady is a polite word for a woman. 2) A lady is a woman with good manners, or (in the past) a woman of high rank: Lady Jane. 3)… - ladybird noun (a ladybird, ladybirds); US «ladybug», also «lady beetle»
1) A ladybird is a small round beetle, usually red or orange with black spots, that eats tiny insects like greenfly. - ladybug noun (a ladybug, ladybugs)
1) A ladybug is a small round beetle, usually red or orange with black spots, that eats tiny insects called aphids. - ladylike adjective
1) Ladylike describes behaviour that people used to think was polite, quiet and proper for a woman or girl, such as sitting neatly and… - ladyship noun (ladyship, ladyships)
Ladyship is the title used to speak politely to a lady of high rank: «your ladyship» means a polite way of saying you to her. - lag verb (lag, lags, lagged, lagging); noun (a lag, lags; jet lag, time lag; an old lag)
To lag, or lag behind, means to move or develop more slowly than others, so you fall behind. - lagging verb form (lagging — present participle of lag: lag, lags, lagged, lagging); noun (lagging — uncountable)
Lagging means falling behind, moving more slowly than others. - lagomorph noun (a lagomorph, lagomorphs)
1) A lagomorph is a member of the group of mammals that includes rabbits, hares and pikas. - lagoon noun (a lagoon, lagoons)
A lagoon is a stretch of salty or brackish water separated from the sea by a sandbank, a reef or a strip of land. - lah noun (lah, also la — a music note); (Singapore, Malaysia — slang) particle
Lah (also la) is the sixth note of the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. - 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. - laird noun (laird, lairds)
A laird is a Scottish man who owns a large estate of land, like a lord of the land. - laity noun (the laity; plural, used with «the»)
1) (church) The ordinary members of a church who are not priests, ministers or clergy. 2) People who are not experts in a subject. - lake noun (lake, lakes)
A lake is a big area of water with land all around it. - lakh noun and numeral (a lakh, lakhs or lakh) — South Asian English
In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, a lakh is one hundred thousand (100,000). - lakota noun (Lakota, a Lakota); adjective (Lakota)
A Native American people of the Great Plains, part of the Sioux nation, living mostly in North and South Dakota. - lam noun (on the lam); verb (lam, lams, lammed, lamming)
To be «on the lam» is to be running away and hiding, usually from the police. - lama noun (a lama, lamas)
A lama is a teacher or monk in Tibetan Buddhism. - 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)… - lambskin noun (lambskin, lambskins)
A lambskin is the skin of a young sheep, dressed and used as leather or a cover. - 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. - lamentable adjective (more lamentable, most lamentable)
Lamentable means very bad, sad or shameful, so bad that it makes people sorry or ashamed. - lamentably adverb (lamentably)
In a sad, mournful or shameful way; in a poor or whining way. - 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. - lamplight noun (lamplight)
Lamplight is the soft light given out by a lamp in a room. - lamppost noun (a lamppost, lampposts)
A lamppost is a tall post in a street or park with a light at the top that comes on when it gets dark. - lampshade noun (a lampshade, lampshades)
1) A lampshade is a cover that goes over a light bulb on a lamp to soften the light and make it look nicer. - lan abbreviation (LAN); fragment
LAN stands for local area network: computers connected together in one building, like a school or house. - lancaster noun (Lancaster — a name and place)
Lancaster is a city in north-west England, the county town of Lancashire. - 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. - lancers noun (plural, lancers)
Lancers are soldiers on horses who fight with long spears called lances. - land noun (land, lands); verb (land, lands, landed, landing)
Land is the ground, the part of the Earth that is not water. - lander noun (a lander, landers)
A lander is a spacecraft built to land on the surface of a planet, moon, comet or asteroid. - landfill noun (a landfill, landfills; landfill — uncountable); adjective-like (landfill site)
1) A landfill is a large hole or site in the ground where rubbish is buried. 2) Landfill is the rubbish that is buried in such places. - landing noun (a landing, landings); verb form (landing — present participle of land)
A landing is when an aircraft, spacecraft or bird comes down to the ground or water. - landlady noun (landlady, landladies)
A landlady is a woman who owns or runs an inn, pub or lodging house and rents rooms to people. - landline noun (a landline, landlines)
A landline is a telephone connected by a wire to the phone network, usually fixed in a house or office, not a mobile phone. - landlocked adjective (landlocked)
1) Of a country or place: surrounded by land on all sides, with no coast on the sea. - landlord noun (a landlord, landlords)
A landlord is a person or company that owns a house, flat or room and rents it to people for money. - 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. - landmass noun (landmass, landmasses — also «land mass»)
1) A landmass is a very large, continuous area of land, such as a continent or a big island. - landowner noun (a landowner, landowners)
A landowner is a person or group that owns land, especially a large area such as a farm, an estate or fields. - landscape noun (a landscape, landscapes); verb (landscape, landscapes, landscaped, landscaping); adjective (landscape format)
A landscape is everything you can see when you look across a wide area of land: hills, fields, rivers, trees and buildings. - landslide noun (a landslide, landslides)
A large mass of earth, rocks and mud suddenly sliding down a hill or mountain. - lane noun (a lane, lanes)
A lane is a narrow road, especially in the countryside. - language noun (language, languages)
A language is the words that people use to speak and write, like English, French or Spanish. - languid adjective (languid, more languid, most languid)
Moving slowly and lazily, without energy, often in a pleasant, relaxed way. - languidly adverb (languidly)
In a slow, tired or lazy way, without much energy or hurry. - lank adjective (lanker, lankest)
1) Lank means long, thin and limp, without bounce: lank grey hair. 2) Lank can describe a tall, thin, bony person. - lanky adjective (lanky, lankier, lankiest)
1) Lanky means tall and thin in an awkward, long-legged way. 2) Lanky hair is long, straight and limp. - lantern noun (lantern, lanterns)
A lantern is a lamp you can carry, with a light inside a glass or paper case. - lanternfish noun (a lanternfish, lanternfish or lanternfishes)
A lanternfish is a small deep-sea fish with spots on its body that glow with light. - lanyard noun (a lanyard, lanyards)
A lanyard is a cord or strap worn round the neck to hold an ID card, keys or a whistle. - lap noun (lap, laps); verb (lap, laps, lapped, lapping)
A lap is one time around a track, field or pool. - lapdog noun (a lapdog, lapdogs)
A lapdog is a small pet dog that likes to sit on people's laps. - lapel noun (lapels)
A lapel is the part of a coat or jacket folded back at the front, next to the neck. - lapin noun (lapin, uncountable); French word (le lapin)
«Lapin» is the French word for rabbit; it sounds like «la-PAN» with a nasal end to an English ear. - 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. - lapsed verb past form of lapse (lapse, lapses, lapsed, lapsing); adjective (lapsed)
If something has lapsed, it has come to an end because it was not renewed in time, like a membership or passport. - laptop noun (a laptop, laptops)
1) A small computer that you can carry, with a screen and keyboard joined together that fold shut. - 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. - lard noun; verb (lards, larded, larding)
Lard is the white fat from a pig, used in cooking. - larder noun (a larder, larders)
A larder is a cool room or large cupboard in a house where food is kept, especially in older homes. - 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… - largely adverb (largely)
1) Largely means mostly or mainly, to a great extent but not completely. - larger adjective (large, larger, largest); comparative of large
1) Larger means bigger than another one. 2) A larger number is one that is more than another number. - lark noun (a lark, larks); verb (lark about/around, larks, larked, larking)
A lark is a small brown songbird that sings while flying high, such as the skylark.
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