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- 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. - leeward adjective (the leeward side); adverb (sail leeward); noun (to leeward)
1) Leeward means on the side away from the wind, the sheltered side. 2) To leeward means in the direction the wind is blowing towards. - 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». - leftover noun (leftovers, usually plural); adjective (leftover food)
Food that is not eaten at a meal and is kept for later. - leftovers noun (leftovers — plural); adjective (leftover)
1) Leftovers are food that is not eaten at a meal and is kept to eat later. 2) Leftover means remaining after the rest has been used. - lefty noun (a lefty, lefties); adjective (lefty)
1) (informal) A lefty is a left-handed person. 2) (informal, politics) A lefty is a person with left-wing political views; sometimes said… - leg noun (leg, legs)
A leg is a part of the body that people and animals stand and walk on. - legacy noun (a legacy, legacies)
A legacy is money or property left to someone by a person who has died. - 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… - legally adverb (legally)
Legally means in a way that is allowed by the law. - 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»). - legged adjective (legged — mostly in compounds: two-legged, four-legged, long-legged)
Legged means having legs, usually of a certain number or kind: four-legged, long-legged. - legging noun (legging, leggings – almost always plural: a pair of leggings)
Leggings: tight, stretchy trousers, usually for girls and women, worn for sport, dance or everyday. - legible adjective (legible); adverb legibly
1) Legible writing or print is clear enough to be read easily. - legion noun (a legion, legions); adjective (legion — formal, after a noun or verb)
A legion was a large army unit in ancient Rome, of about 5,000 soldiers. - legionary noun (a legionary, legionaries); adjective (legionary)
1) A legionary was a soldier in a legion, a large unit of the ancient Roman army. 2) Legionary as an adjective means to do with a legion. - legislation noun (legislation, uncountable)
1) (law) Legislation is a law or a set of laws made by a parliament or government. 2) (law) The process of making laws. - legislative adjective (legislative)
1) (law) Legislative means to do with making laws. 2) The legislative branch of government is the part, such as Parliament or Congress… - legislator noun (a legislator, legislators)
A person who makes laws, especially a member of a parliament, congress or other law-making group. - legislature noun (a legislature, legislatures)
A legislature is the group of elected people who make the laws of a country or state, such as a parliament, Congress or a state assembly. - legitimate adjective (legitimate); verb (legitimate, legitimates, legitimated — rare, formal)
Allowed by law or by the rules; fair and proper. - legless adjective (legless)
1) Having no legs: a legless lizard. 2) (UK, slang) Very drunk, so drunk that a person cannot stand or walk properly. - lego noun, a brand name (Lego / LEGO, uncountable; a Lego brick, Lego bricks); used like a noun for the toy bricks
Lego is a toy made of small plastic bricks that click together so you can build things. - legume noun (a legume, legumes)
A legume is a plant that grows its seeds in pods, such as peas, beans, lentils, peanuts and clover. - 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. - leisure noun (leisure — uncountable)
Free time when you are not working or studying and can do what you enjoy. - leisurely adjective (more leisurely, most leisurely); adverb
1) Slow and relaxed, with no hurry: a leisurely walk. 2) Done in a calm, unhurried way: she walked leisurely home. - lemming noun (a lemming, lemmings)
A lemming is a small, furry, short-tailed rodent that lives in cold northern lands such as the Arctic tundra. - lemon noun (a lemon, lemons; lemon — uncountable as flavour or colour); adjective (lemon = pale yellow; lemon-flavoured)
A lemon is an oval yellow fruit with sour juice and thick peel. - lemonade noun (lemonade, lemonades)
Lemonade is a sweet drink made from lemon juice, water and sugar. - lemony adjective (lemony)
1) Lemony means tasting or smelling of lemon, or being the pale yellow colour of a lemon. - lemur noun (a lemur, lemurs)
1) A lemur is a furry animal with big eyes, a pointed face and usually a long tail, found in the wild only on the island of Madagascar… - 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». - lengthened verb form (past tense and past participle of «lengthen»: lengthen, lengthens, lengthened, lengthening); adjective (lengthened)
1) Lengthened means made longer, or became longer. 2) Lengthened can describe time: days lengthen in spring, a lesson can be lengthened. - 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. - lengthways adverb (lengthways); also «lengthwise» (adverb, adjective)
1) Lengthways means in the direction of the longest side of something, from end to end, not across. - lengthwise adverb
Along the longest side of something: from one end to the other. - lengthy adjective
1) Lengthy means very long, often too long, in time or in words. - lenient adjective (lenient, more lenient, most lenient)
1) Not strict; gentle in punishing people or in making them follow rules. 2) (law) Giving a lighter punishment than expected. - leniently adverb (leniently)
1) Leniently means in a gentle, less strict way, giving a smaller punishment than expected. - lens noun (a lens, lenses)
1) A lens is a curved piece of glass or plastic that bends light to make things look bigger, smaller or clearer, used in glasses, cameras… - lense noun (a lense, lenses) — a misspelling of «lens»
1) «Lense» is a common misspelling of «lens». A lens is a curved piece of glass or clear plastic that bends light to make things look… - 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. - leprechaun noun (a leprechaun, leprechauns)
1) (Irish folklore) A small, mischievous fairy, usually shown as a little man with a red or ginger beard, a green coat and hat, who makes… - 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. - ler fragment (ler)
1) «Ler» is not a usual English word on its own; it is most often a piece of a longer word, for example the end of «butler», «sprinkler»… - 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… - lessen verb (lessen, lessens, lessened, lessening)
1) To make something smaller, weaker or less: to lessen pain, noise or danger. 2) To become smaller, weaker or less. - 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.". - letdown noun (a letdown, letdowns)
A letdown is a disappointment, something that was not as good as you hoped. - lethal adjective
1) Lethal means able to kill; deadly. 2) (informal) Very dangerous or very effective: «a lethal shot». - lethargy noun (lethargy); uncountable
1) Lethargy is a heavy feeling of having no energy and not wanting to do anything. - 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. - lettuce noun (lettuce, lettuces; a lettuce, a head of lettuce)
1) A plant with large green leaves that people eat raw, mostly in salads and sandwiches. - leukaemia noun (leukaemia — uncountable)
1) Leukaemia is a kind of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, where the body makes too many faulty white blood cells. - 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. - levant noun (the Levant — a region); verb (levant — old UK slang, rare)
1) The Levant is an old name for the lands on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, today mainly Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine… - 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. - lever noun (a lever, levers); verb (lever, levers, levered, levering)
A lever is a bar or handle that moves around a fixed point (the pivot or fulcrum) to help lift or move something heavy with less effort. - leveret noun (plural leverets)
A leveret is a young hare, especially one that is still small and has not yet grown its full adult fur. - leviathan noun (a leviathan, leviathans; Leviathan)
A huge sea monster described in the Bible, in books such as Job, Psalms and Isaiah. - levitation noun (levitation — uncountable)
1) Levitation is rising or floating in the air without anything visible holding it up, as if by magic. - 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. - lexical adjective (lexical)
1) Lexical means to do with words and their meanings, or with the vocabulary of a language. - lexicographer noun (a lexicographer, lexicographers)
1) A lexicographer is a person who writes or edits dictionaries. - lhasa noun (Lhasa); proper noun
Lhasa is the main city of Tibet, high in the Himalayas, now under China's rule. - 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. - liable adjective (liable)
If you are liable for something, you are responsible by law, for example you must pay for damage. - liaison noun (a liaison, liaisons)
Liaison is the way people or groups talk to each other and work together. - liar noun (a liar, liars)
A liar is a person who tells lies, saying things they know are not true to trick someone. - libation noun (plural libations)
A libation is a drink poured out on the ground or on an altar as a gift to a god, in old religious rites. - libel noun (libel — uncountable; a libel, libels); verb (libel, libels, libelled, libelling — UK; libeled, libeling — US)
A false written or published statement that damages a person's good name. - 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. - liberality noun (no plural)
Liberality is being generous, giving freely and willingly to others. - liberate verb (liberate, liberates, liberated, liberating)
To set a person, animal, place or country free from control, prison or an enemy. - liberated verb form and adjective (liberate, liberates, liberated, liberating)
Set free from prison, an enemy army or control. - liberation noun (liberation, uncountable; a liberation, rare)
Liberation is setting people or a place free from someone who controlled or imprisoned them, such as an enemy army. - liberator noun (a liberator, liberators)
1) A person, army or group that sets people or a place free from enemies, slavery or prison. - liberty noun (liberty, liberties)
Liberty is freedom: the right to live, speak and act as you choose without being controlled or imprisoned unfairly. - librarian noun (a librarian, librarians)
1) A librarian is a person who works in a library, looks after the books and helps people find books and information. - library noun (library, libraries)
A library is a place with many books, and often films and computers, that people can borrow or use. - licence noun (a licence, licences); (US spelling: license)
A licence is an official paper or card that gives you permission to do or own something, such as drive a car, catch fish or sell food. - 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… - licensed adjective (licensed); verb form of license (license, licenses, licensed, licensing)
Licensed means having official permission to do something, such as a licensed driver, a licensed taxi or a licensed doctor. - lichen noun (a lichen, lichens; also uncountable: lichen)
1) A lichen is a living thing that grows in crusty, leafy or bushy patches on rocks, walls, tree bark and gravestones; it is made of a… - 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.
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