L
- 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. - lidar noun (lidar — usually no plural; lidar scanners)
A way of measuring distance by sending out quick flashes of laser light and timing how long they take to bounce back. - lidded adjective (lidded)
1) Lidded means having a lid, a cover on top. 2) (literary) Lidded eyes are half-closed, with heavy eyelids, as if sleepy. - 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. - liege noun (plural lieges); adjective (old use)
A liege is a lord or lady whom a person owes loyal service to, or a servant who owes such service. - lieu noun (only in «in lieu», «in lieu of»)
1) (formal) In lieu of something means instead of it. - lieutenant noun (a lieutenant, lieutenants; Lt)
An officer in the army, navy or air force, of a junior to middle rank. - 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). - lifeboat noun (a lifeboat, lifeboats)
A strong boat kept on the coast that goes out to rescue people in danger at sea. - lifeguard noun (a lifeguard, lifeguards)
1) A lifeguard is a person whose job is to watch swimmers at a pool or beach and rescue anyone in danger in the water. - lifeless adjective (lifeless)
Lifeless means dead, or never having had life. - lifelike adjective
Lifelike means so like a real person or thing that it looks alive. - lifelong adjective (lifelong)
Lifelong means lasting or continuing for all of someone's life. - lifesaving adjective (lifesaving, life-saving); noun (lifesaving, uncountable)
Lifesaving means saving or able to save someone's life, like lifesaving medicine. - lifespan noun (a lifespan, lifespans); also life span
A lifespan is how long a person, animal or plant lives, or usually lives. - 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… - ligament noun (a ligament, ligaments)
A ligament is a strong, slightly stretchy band in your body that joins one bone to another at a joint, like the knee or ankle. - ligature noun (a ligature, ligatures)
A ligature is a thread, string or band used to tie something tightly, especially by a doctor to tie off a blood vessel. - liger noun (a liger, ligers)
A liger is the baby of a male lion and a female tiger; it is a hybrid, a mix of two kinds of animal. - 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. - lightbulb noun (a lightbulb, lightbulbs)
A lightbulb is a glass or plastic bulb that gives out light when electricity goes through it. - 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. - lighthearted adjective (lighthearted / light-hearted; more lighthearted, most lighthearted)
1) Cheerful and free from worry. 2) Not serious; meant to be fun: «a lighthearted film». - lighthouse noun (lighthouse, lighthouses)
1) A 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. - lightless adjective (lightless)
1) With no light at all; completely dark. - 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. - lightweight adjective (lightweight); noun (a lightweight, lightweights)
Lightweight means not heavy, weighing less than usual. - 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. - likeable adjective (likeable, more likeable, most likeable)
1) Likeable means easy to like; pleasant and friendly. - likelihood noun (likelihood — usually uncountable)
How likely something is to happen; the chance or probability of it. - 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.». - lilac noun (a lilac, lilacs; lilac — the colour); adjective (lilac)
A lilac is a bush or small tree with large bunches of small, sweet-smelling purple, pink or white flowers in spring. - lilo noun (a lilo, lilos; also Li-Lo, a brand name)
An inflatable mattress: a plastic bed filled with air, used for floating on water or for sleeping on when camping. - 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. - limerick noun (a limerick, limericks); proper noun (Limerick — a place)
A 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). - limestone noun (limestone)
1) Limestone is a soft, usually grey or white sedimentary rock made mostly from the shells and skeletons of tiny sea creatures. - 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». - limousine noun (a limousine, limousines; informal: limo, limos)
1) A large, expensive, comfortable car, often with a long body and a driver (chauffeur), sometimes with a glass wall between driver and… - 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. - limpet noun (a limpet, limpets)
A limpet is a small sea animal with a cone-shaped shell that clings very tightly to rocks. - limping verb form (-ing of limp: he is limping); adjective (a limping dog); noun (limping, uncountable)
Limping is walking unevenly because a leg or foot hurts. - lincoln noun (Lincoln; a proper noun — a name)
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, who led the country during the American Civil War and worked to end slavery. - linden noun (plural lindens)
A linden is a tree with heart-shaped leaves and sweet-smelling flowers, also called a lime tree. - line noun (line, lines); verb (line, lines, lined, lining)
A line is a row of people or things one behind another. - lineage noun (a lineage, lineages)
A lineage is the line of your ancestors, the family members who came before you, such as parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. - linen noun (linen, uncountable)
Linen is a strong, cool cloth made from the flax plant. - liner noun (a liner, liners)
A big passenger ship that sailed across oceans on regular routes, like the Titanic (an ocean liner). - linesman noun (a linesman, linesmen)
1) (sport) An official who helps the referee or umpire by watching the lines of the pitch or court and showing with a flag when the ball… - 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. - lingua noun (lingua); Latin word
«Lingua» is the Latin word for tongue and language. - linguistic adjective (linguistic)
1) To do with language or languages. 2) To do with linguistics, the science that studies how languages work. - linguistics noun (linguistics); uncountable, takes a singular verb
1) Linguistics is the scientific study of language: how sounds, words, grammar and meaning work, how languages change, and how people… - 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. - linnet noun (a linnet, linnets)
1) A linnet is a small brown songbird of the finch family; the male has a pinkish-red chest and head in spring. - linseed noun (linseed); uncountable
Linseed is the seed of the flax plant, also called flaxseed. - lint noun (lint, uncountable)
Lint is tiny bits of fluff and fibre that come off clothes and cloth. - 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. - lionfish noun (a lionfish, lionfish or lionfishes)
1) A lionfish is a striped red, brown and white sea fish with long fan-like fins and venomous spines. - lip noun (a lip, lips)
Your lips are the two soft edges around your mouth. - lipogram noun (a lipogram, lipograms)
1) A piece of writing in which one letter of the alphabet is never used on purpose, for example a story with no letter "e". - lipped adjective (old use, usually in «long lipped»)
In old tales, «long lipped» means sulky, with the lower lip pushed out to show you are cross. - lipstick noun (lipstick, uncountable; a lipstick, lipsticks)
1) Colour for the lips, usually in a small stick that comes out of a tube. 2) A stick or tube of this colour. - liquefy verb (liquefy, liquefies, liquefied, liquefying)
1) (science) To liquefy is to turn into a liquid, or to make a solid or gas become a liquid, often by heating or cooling or squeezing. - liquid noun (liquid, liquids); adjective (liquid)
A liquid is something that flows and can be poured, like water, milk or juice. - liquidate verb (liquidate, liquidates, liquidated, liquidating)
To liquidate a company is to close it and sell everything it owns to pay its debts. - 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. - listener noun (a listener, listeners)
1) A person who listens to someone or something. 2) A person who listens to a radio programme or podcast. - 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… - litany noun (a litany, litanies)
A 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». - literacy noun (literacy); uncountable
1) Literacy is the ability to read and write. 2) Literacy is knowledge and skill in a certain area, such as computer literacy, money… - 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. - literature noun (literature — uncountable)
Written works such as novels, poems and plays, especially ones thought to be good or important. - lithium noun (lithium, uncountable)
Lithium is a very light, soft, silvery metal; it is a chemical element with the symbol Li. - lithosphere noun (the lithosphere, uncountable)
1) (science) The lithosphere is the hard, rocky outer layer of the Earth: the crust plus the very top part of the mantle, about 100 km… - lithuanian adjective (Lithuanian); noun (a Lithuanian, Lithuanians; Lithuanian — the language)
Lithuanian means from Lithuania, a country on the Baltic Sea in north-east Europe, or to do with its people. - litmus noun (litmus, uncountable); adjective (litmus — in litmus test, litmus paper)
Litmus is a dye made from lichens that turns red in acid and blue in alkali, used to test liquids. - litotes noun (litotes — uncountable; plural also litotes)
1) Litotes is a kind of understatement where you say something by saying that its opposite is not true, like «not bad» meaning «good» or… - litre noun (litre, litres; US spelling liter, liters)
A litre is a unit for measuring liquids and the space inside things (volume). - 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… - 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… - livelihood noun (livelihoods)
A livelihood is the way a person earns money to pay for food and a home. - livelong adjective (old use, no change)
Livelong means whole or entire, used with a time: the livelong day is the whole day.
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