--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 644 words of the English dictionary under L, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / L # L — The English dictionary The words of the English dictionary under L: 644 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova; the ↗ after a sentence leads to the word's page, with every sentence's syntax tree and pragmatics. 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[2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/2/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) **la** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The sixth note in the do-re-mi singing scale (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do), also written "lah".[↗](la/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* LA.[↗](la/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Los Angeles, a big city in California, USA.[↗](la/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A sound people sing when they do not know or do not use the words (la la la).[↗](la/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Also the word "the" in French and Spanish, seen in names like "La Paz".[↗](la/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sing the scale: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.[↗](la/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · La is the sixth note of the scale.[↗](la/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin lives in LA.[↗](la/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She sang "la la la" because she forgot the words.[↗](la/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "La la la, I can't hear you!" he joked.[↗](la/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He's off in la-la land again (informal: daydreaming).[↗](la/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the volume entitled "La Kabbale" by the eminent French scholar and Membre de L'Institut, Adolphe Franck, there is a chapter on the "Sepher Yetzirah.'[↗](la/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") He writes as follows: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](la/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Eliphas Lévi, the famous French Occultist, thus wrote of the "Sepher Yetzirah," in his "Histoire de la Magie," P. 54: "The Zoharis a Genesis of illumination, the Sepher Jezirah is a ladder formed of truths.[↗](la/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](la/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, common) A laboratory: a room or building where scientists do experiments and tests.[↗](lab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A Labrador, a kind of large friendly dog.[↗](lab/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We did an experiment in the science lab.[↗](lab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wear goggles in the lab.[↗](lab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor sent my blood to the lab for tests.[↗](lab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists in lab coats checked the samples.[↗](lab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · No eating or drinking in the lab.[↗](lab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our neighbour has a black Lab called Max.[↗](lab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **label** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A label is a small piece of paper, cloth or plastic on something that gives information about it.[↗](label/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To label something is to put a label on it or write names on its parts.[↗](label/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To label a diagram is to write the names of its parts with lines pointing to them.[↗](label/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To label someone is to describe them with a word, often unfairly.[↗](label/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Label the parts of the flower.[↗](label/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the label before you take any medicine.[↗](label/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a name label on your lunch box.[↗](label/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The label says the jumper must be washed cold.[↗](label/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Label both axes on your bar chart.[↗](label/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This label warns that the product is poisonous.[↗](label/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It's unkind to label someone as lazy.[↗](label/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Its china label was quite coated over with dirt and cobwebs.[↗](label/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **labelled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* With a label on it — a small piece of paper or sticker with a name or information.[↗](labelled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a diagram or drawing) With the names of the parts written on it and lines pointing to them.[↗](labelled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Described with a name or word, often unfairly.[↗](labelled/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Draw a labelled diagram of a flower.[↗](labelled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Make sure your graph has labelled axes.[↗](labelled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · All the jars were labelled with their contents.[↗](labelled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bottles labelled with a skull sign are poisonous.[↗](labelled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Check food labelled «contains nuts» if you have an allergy.[↗](labelled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His coat was labelled with his name.[↗](labelled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was unfairly labelled as naughty.[↗](labelled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Each box was labelled «books», «toys» or «clothes».[↗](labelled/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **labial** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having to do with the lips, said of sounds made with the lips.[↗](labial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This is the modern classification of the letters into guttural, palatal, lingual, dental and labial sounds.[↗](labial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](labial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds.[↗](labial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](labial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **labor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Noun: hard work, especially physical work.[↗](labor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Verb: to work hard at a task.[↗](labor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Noun: workers, the people who do the work.[↗](labor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We put our labor into the garden.[↗](labor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · All our labor was lost.[↗](labor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mice ran about and labored at the hole.[↗](labor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm needs more labor at harvest time.[↗](labor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Yod, predominant in Labor, crowned, combined, and formed Virgo in the world, Elul in the year, and the left hand of man.[↗](labor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](labor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In this way two-thirds of the labor otherwise necessary is saved, for adding the third letter is only one third of the labor required to produce all the triliteral combinations.[↗](labor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](labor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **laboratory** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A room or building with special equipment where scientists do experiments and tests.[↗](laboratory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A room in a school where pupils do science practicals.[↗](laboratory/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A place where medical tests are done, for example on blood samples.[↗](laboratory/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Any place where people try out new ideas to see what works.[↗](laboratory/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class went to the science laboratory to test which liquids are acids.[↗](laboratory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never eat or drink in the laboratory.[↗](laboratory/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor sent my blood sample to a laboratory.[↗](laboratory/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She works in a laboratory that studies new medicines.[↗](laboratory/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We put on lab coats and goggles before the experiment.[↗](laboratory/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The laboratory has sinks, gas taps and fire blankets.[↗](laboratory/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The school garden became a laboratory for growing beans in different soils.[↗](laboratory/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The results came back from the lab this morning.[↗](laboratory/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now, one day Edmund made a new lantern out of something chemical that he sneaked from the school laboratory.[↗](laboratory/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **labored** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Done with great effort, or breathing hard and slowly, as if tired.[↗](labored/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her breath was labored as she climbed the hill.[↗](labored/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He heard their labored breathing behind him.[↗](labored/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each step was more labored than the last.[↗](labored/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **laborer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who does hard physical work for pay, often on a farm or building site.[↗](laborer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farm laborer emptied the bucket.[↗](laborer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The priest sent out his laborer.[↗](laborer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lord called his laborers to cut the wood.[↗](laborer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **laborious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Needing a lot of hard work, effort and time.[↗](laborious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of writing or speech) Slow and heavy, showing too much effort.[↗](laborious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Copying the whole book by hand was laborious work.[↗](laborious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Digging the tunnel was slow and laborious.[↗](laborious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Adding 7 forty times is laborious, so use 7 × 40 instead.[↗](laborious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mole's laborious spring-cleaning made his arms ache.[↗](laborious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Before washing machines, washing clothes was laborious.[↗](laborious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His laborious handwriting took ages.[↗](laborious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **labour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Labour is hard work, especially work with your body.[↗](labour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Labour is the workers in a country or company, or the work they do for pay.[↗](labour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Labour is the process of giving birth to a baby.[↗](labour/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To labour is to work hard or to move with great effort.[↗](labour/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Labour (with a capital L) is one of the main political parties in the UK, and there are Labour parties in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland.[↗](labour/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A labour can also be a hard task that someone is given to complete, such as one of the twelve labours of Heracles.[↗](labour/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Building the wall took a lot of labour.[↗](labour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum went into labour at two in the morning.[↗](labour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the past, children worked in factories — this was child labour.[↗](labour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plumber charged £40 an hour for labour; 3 hours cost £120.[↗](labour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old horse laboured up the hill.[↗](labour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Making the quilt was a labour of love for Nan.[↗](labour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Labour Party won the election.[↗](labour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (UK)[↗](labour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm needs more labour at harvest time.[↗](labour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · THE CRETAN BULL.--The seventh labour of Heracles was to capture the Cretan bull.[↗](labour/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; (Torah EXO.20.9, JPS 1917)[↗](labour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and gave judgment yesternight.'[↗](labour/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.42, JPS 1917)[↗](labour/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard lying words.'[↗](labour/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.9, JPS 1917)[↗](labour/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?[↗](labour/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.11, JPS 1917)[↗](labour/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?[↗](labour/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.29, JPS 1917)[↗](labour/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.[↗](labour/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.23, JPS 1917)[↗](labour/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **labourer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose job is hard physical work, such as building, digging or farming, usually without special training.[↗](labourer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The labourers dug the trench for the new pipe.[↗](labourer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandad was a farm labourer.[↗](labourer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Thousands of labourers built the railway.[↗](labourer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the parable, the labourers in the vineyard were all paid the same.[↗](labourer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The labourer carried bricks up the ladder.[↗](labourer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Labourers often work outside in all weathers.[↗](labourer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘I want to get work as a day labourer,’ he answered.[↗](labourer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **labyrinth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A complicated network of paths or passages where it is easy to get lost; a maze.[↗](labyrinth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something very complicated and confusing, like a labyrinth of rules.[↗](labyrinth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Greek myth) The maze on the island of Crete where the Minotaur lived.[↗](labyrinth/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) The inner part of the ear, which helps with hearing and balance.[↗](labyrinth/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A single winding path used for walking and thinking or prayer, found in some churches and gardens.[↗](labyrinth/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Theseus entered the labyrinth to fight the Minotaur.[↗](labyrinth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old town is a labyrinth of narrow streets.[↗](labyrinth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We got lost in the hedge labyrinth at the castle.[↗](labyrinth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tax forms were a labyrinth of rules.[↗](labyrinth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The inner ear's labyrinth helps you keep your balance.[↗](labyrinth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of thread to escape the labyrinth.[↗](labyrinth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Chartres Cathedral has a famous labyrinth set in its floor.[↗](labyrinth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They stood in a labyrinth of endless halls and arched passages, all communicating with each other.[↗](labyrinth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lac** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lac is a sum of one hundred thousand (100,000), used for large amounts of money in India.[↗](lac/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lac is a sticky red resin made by insects and used to make varnish.[↗](lac/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He offered her a lac of rupees.[↗](lac/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A lac is a hundred thousand.[↗](lac/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wise man was paid a lac of rupees for his advice.[↗](lac/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lace** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lace (or shoelace) is a thin string used to tie a shoe or boot.[↗](lace/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lace is a fine, delicate cloth with patterns of holes, used on dresses, curtains and tablecloths.[↗](lace/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To lace (up) means to tie shoes or boots with laces.[↗](lace/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To lace food or drink with something means to add a small amount of something to it, often secretly.[↗](lace/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tie your laces before you run.[↗](lace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My laces came undone and I tripped.[↗](lace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you lace up my football boots?[↗](lace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's tablecloth is made of white lace.[↗](lace/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bride wore a veil of lace.[↗](lace/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She bought new pink laces for her trainers.[↗](lace/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pie was laced with cinnamon.[↗](lace/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tuck your laces in so they do not catch in the bike chain.[↗](lace/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In white crape and lace she was like a floating swan.[↗](lace/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **lacerate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lacerate skin or flesh is to cut or tear it badly, leaving a jagged wound.[↗](lacerate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (literary) To lacerate someone's feelings is to hurt them deeply.[↗](lacerate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He lacerated his knee on the sharp rocks.[↗](lacerate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Broken glass can lacerate your feet.[↗](lacerate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse cleaned the lacerated skin.[↗](lacerate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The thorns lacerated her arms.[↗](lacerate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The harsh words lacerated his feelings.[↗](lacerate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear gloves so the wire does not lacerate your hands.[↗](lacerate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Wolf, having no cause of fear, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole flock.[↗](lacerate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **lack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lack means not to have something, or not to have enough of it.[↗](lack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lack is not having enough: a lack of sleep, a lack of water.[↗](lack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He lacks $3 to buy the book.[↗](lack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The team lacks 2 players.[↗](lack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The class lacks 5 chairs.[↗](lack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How much does she lack to have 50?[↗](lack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plants died from a lack of water.[↗](lack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A lack of sleep makes it hard to think.[↗](lack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The town lacks a swimming pool.[↗](lack/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The game was stopped for lack of light.[↗](lack/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There was no lack of society at our home.[↗](lack/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.[↗](lack/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.18, JPS 1917)[↗](lack/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.[↗](lack/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.8.9, JPS 1917)[↗](lack/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five?'[↗](lack/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") And He said: 'I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.'[↗](lack/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.28, JPS 1917)[↗](lack/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no oil.[↗](lack/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.9.8, JPS 1917)[↗](lack/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.[↗](lack/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.11, JPS 1917)[↗](lack/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.[↗](lack/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.5.23, JPS 1917)[↗](lack/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **lacketh** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «lacketh» means «lacks», a form of «lack».[↗](lacketh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To lack means not to have something, or not to have enough of it.[↗](lacketh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* and they said unto Moses: 'Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.[↗](lacketh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.49, JPS 1917) **lackey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lackey is a male servant in uniform who waits on rich people and opens doors for them.[↗](lackey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lackey can also be a person who obeys others weakly and without thought.[↗](lackey/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lackeys opened the great gates.[↗](lackey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lackey brought the king a silver cup.[↗](lackey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not be a lackey for anyone.[↗](lackey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lacking** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lacking means not having something you need, or not having enough of it.[↗](lacking/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lacking in something means having too little of it: lacking in sleep.[↗](lacking/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The set is lacking 3 cards.[↗](lacking/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was lacking $5 to buy the toy.[↗](lacking/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle is lacking 12 pieces out of 100.[↗](lacking/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They were lacking 2 players for a team of 11.[↗](lacking/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant was lacking water, so its leaves drooped.[↗](lacking/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The story was lacking an ending.[↗](lacking/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt tired because he was lacking sleep.[↗](lacking/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing was lacking for the picnic.[↗](lacking/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Only thy coat is lacking before I keep my word.[↗](lacking/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And every meal-offering of thine shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering; with all thy offerings thou shalt offer salt.[↗](lacking/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](lacking/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And truth is lacking, and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey.[↗](lacking/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.59.15, JPS 1917)[↗](lacking/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?'[↗](lacking/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.21.3, JPS 1917)[↗](lacking/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.[↗](lacking/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](lacking/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/2/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) - ← previous: [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)