--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 18 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/page/18/) [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 · page 18 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* (law) A false written or published statement that damages a person's good name.[↗](../../libel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To publish something false that harms someone's reputation.[↗](../../libel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The singer sued the newspaper for libel.[↗](../../libel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Writing lies about someone online can be libel.[↗](../../libel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge said the article was a libel.[↗](../../libel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was accused of libelling his neighbour.[↗](../../libel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Truth is a defence against libel.[↗](../../libel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The paper had to pay a large sum for the libel.[↗](../../libel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **liberal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Respecting people's freedom and willing to accept ideas and ways of life different from your own.[↗](../../liberal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (politics) Believing in individual freedom, equal rights and gradual change; in the USA «liberal» often means left of centre.[↗](../../liberal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (politics, Canada and Australia) The Liberal Party is a big party: in Canada it is centre or centre-left, in Australia it is centre-right.[↗](../../liberal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Generous; given or used in large amounts.[↗](../../liberal/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Not exact or strict, as in a liberal translation.[↗](../../liberal/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She put a liberal amount of jam on her toast.[↗](../../liberal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Liberal Party won the election in Canada.[↗](../../liberal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, the Liberal Party is on the centre-right.[↗](../../liberal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt has liberal views about how children should dress.[↗](../../liberal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A liberal democracy protects free speech and free elections.[↗](../../liberal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is liberal with his praise.[↗](../../liberal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That's a very liberal translation; it changes some words.[↗](../../liberal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the USA, people often argue about liberal and conservative ideas.[↗](../../liberal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Khacan was kind, generous, and liberal, and took pleasure in obliging, as far as in him lay, those who had business with him.[↗](../../liberal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.[↗](../../liberal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.32.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liberal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be noble.[↗](../../liberal/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.32.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liberal/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Many will entreat the favour of the liberal man; and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.[↗](../../liberal/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.19.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liberal/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **liberality** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Liberality is being generous, giving freely and willingly to others.[↗](../../liberality/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king was known for his liberality to the poor.[↗](../../liberality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her liberality made everyone happy.[↗](../../liberality/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We thanked him for his liberality.[↗](../../liberality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **liberally** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Liberally means in a generous way, giving a lot or giving freely.[↗](../../liberally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.[↗](../../liberally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liberally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baker shared his bread liberally.[↗](../../liberally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The workmen were paid liberally.[↗](../../liberally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pour the sauce liberally over the pudding.[↗](../../liberally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **liberate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To set a person, animal, place or country free from control, prison or an enemy.[↗](../../liberate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To free someone from something that limits them, such as rules or worries.[↗](../../liberate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) To release a gas or energy: the reaction liberates heat.[↗](../../liberate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang, joking) To steal or take something quietly: who liberated my biscuits?[↗](../../liberate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soldiers liberated the town and the people cheered.[↗](../../liberate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We liberated the trapped bird from the netting.[↗](../../liberate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Finishing my exams felt so liberating.[↗](../../liberate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Adding acid to the metal liberates hydrogen gas.[↗](../../liberate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoners were liberated at last.[↗](../../liberate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Someone has liberated my pencil case again\![↗](../../liberate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cutting her long hair short felt liberating.[↗](../../liberate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The new law liberated workers from very long hours.[↗](../../liberate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero succeeded in delivering Theseus, but when he endeavoured to liberate Pirithoeus, the earth shook so violently beneath him that he was compelled to relinquish his task.[↗](../../liberate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **liberated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Set free from prison, an enemy army or control.[↗](../../liberated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Feeling free from rules, worries or old ideas (she felt liberated).[↗](../../liberated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, jokey) Taken or "borrowed" without asking (he liberated a biscuit).[↗](../../liberated/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The town was liberated by the soldiers.[↗](../../liberated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The animals were liberated from their cages.[↗](../../liberated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt liberated when the last exam finished.[↗](../../liberated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoners were liberated after many years.[↗](../../liberated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Women fought to be liberated from unfair rules.[↗](../../liberated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Somebody liberated the last cupcake from the tin (jokey).[↗](../../liberated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I liberated fifteen prisoners, and one of them was Fionn.”[↗](../../liberated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **liberation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Liberation is setting people or a place free from someone who controlled or imprisoned them, such as an enemy army.[↗](../../liberation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Liberation is gaining equal rights and freedom for a group of people.[↗](../../liberation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A feeling of being free from worries or rules.[↗](../../liberation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The people cheered at the liberation of their town.[↗](../../liberation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Soldiers helped in the liberation of the prisoners.[↗](../../liberation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Women's liberation fought for equal rights.[↗](../../liberation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaving the plaster cast felt like liberation.[↗](../../liberation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film tells the story of the city's liberation.[↗](../../liberation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe Jesus brings liberation from sin.[↗](../../liberation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **liberator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person, army or group that sets people or a place free from enemies, slavery or prison.[↗](../../liberator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The town welcomed the soldiers as liberators.[↗](../../liberator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Simón Bolívar is called «the Liberator» in South America.[↗](../../liberator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Abraham Lincoln is remembered as a liberator of enslaved people.[↗](../../liberator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the hero was a liberator who opened the prison gates.[↗](../../liberator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · People threw flowers to the liberators.[↗](../../liberator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The liberators of the concentration camps found terrible things.[↗](../../liberator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **liberty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Liberty is freedom: the right to live, speak and act as you choose without being controlled or imprisoned unfairly.[↗](../../liberty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* At liberty means free, not in prison; or (formal) allowed to do something.[↗](../../liberty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I am not at liberty to say.[↗](../../liberty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A liberty is a cheeky or rude act; taking a liberty means doing something without permission.[↗](../../liberty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Statue of Liberty stands in New York harbour.[↗](../../liberty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · People have fought hard for liberty.[↗](../../liberty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The escaped tiger is still at liberty.[↗](../../liberty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm not at liberty to tell you the secret.[↗](../../liberty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I took the liberty of borrowing your pen.[↗](../../liberty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating my last biscuit — what a liberty\![↗](../../liberty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Liberty includes the freedom to speak your mind.[↗](../../liberty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There is nothing worth so much as liberty.[↗](../../liberty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; (Prophets JER.34.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liberty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye were now turned, and had done that which is right in Mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before Me in the house whereon My name is called; (Prophets JER.34.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../liberty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **libra** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The seventh sign of the zodiac, shown as scales.[↗](../../libra/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* \[paragraph continues\] Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces.[↗](../../libra/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../libra/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Lamed, predominant in sexual desire, crowned, combined, and formed Libra in the world, Tisri in the year, and the gall in man.[↗](../../libra/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../libra/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He made the letter Lamed reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Libra in the World, and Tishri in the Year, and the liver in the Person.[↗](../../libra/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../libra/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **librarian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A librarian is a person who works in a library, looks after the books and helps people find books and information.[↗](../../librarian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The librarian helped me find a book about sharks.[↗](../../librarian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask the librarian how to borrow a book.[↗](../../librarian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school librarian reads us stories.[↗](../../librarian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The librarian stamped my library card.[↗](../../librarian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be a librarian when she grows up.[↗](../../librarian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The librarian asked us to speak quietly.[↗](../../librarian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I am a pupil librarian on Fridays.[↗](../../librarian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The librarian put the returned books back on the shelves.[↗](../../librarian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **library** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A library is a place with many books, and often films and computers, that people can borrow or use.[↗](../../library/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A library is also a room in a school or house where books are kept.[↗](../../library/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A library is a collection of books, music or games that someone owns.[↗](../../library/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In computing, a library is a set of ready-made code.[↗](../../library/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The library has 500 books.[↗](../../library/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each shelf holds 40 books.[↗](../../library/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 25 books were borrowed and 10 returned.[↗](../../library/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many books are in the library now?[↗](../../library/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I got my first library card today.[↗](../../library/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class visits the school library every Friday.[↗](../../library/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Please be quiet in the library.[↗](../../library/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You must return the books within three weeks.[↗](../../library/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The public library has free computers and story time.[↗](../../library/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · So Lionel went down into the library.[↗](../../library/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · All these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regulated libraries.[↗](../../library/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../library/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible.[↗](../../library/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../library/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI.[↗](../../library/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../library/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **libyan** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Of or from Libya, a country in North Africa.[↗](../../libyan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* nary in which a large number of the characters are identical with the Libyan and Tilinagh.[↗](../../libyan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../libyan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The invention of such an alphabet as the Libyan must have con- sisted, chiefly of symbols for consonants, because vowel sym- (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../libyan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **licence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* 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.[↗](../../licence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Licence can also mean freedom to do or say what you like («poetic licence» means a writer may change facts or rules for effect).[↗](../../licence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum showed her driving licence to the police officer.[↗](../../licence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You need a licence to fish in this river.[↗](../../licence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK, families pay for a TV licence.[↗](../../licence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad lost his licence for speeding.[↗](../../licence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The café has a licence to sell food on the beach.[↗](../../licence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer used poetic licence and made the castle taller.[↗](../../licence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My big brother just got his learner's licence.[↗](../../licence/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop's licence is on the wall.[↗](../../licence/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **license** — *Everyday, meaning 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 spelled licence.[↗](../../license/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To license is to give someone official permission to do something.[↗](../../license/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You need a license to drive a car.[↗](../../license/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king gave permission, a license to leave the land.[↗](../../license/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop was licensed to sell sweets.[↗](../../license/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · New York, 1877[↗](../../license/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · license: Public Domain[↗](../../license/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · versionSource: https://archive.org/details/sketchoftalmudwo02kali (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../license/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah?version=english%7CSefaria+Community+Translation Sefaria versionTitle: Sefaria Community Translation[↗](../../license/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · license: CC0[↗](../../license/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · versionSource: https://www.sefaria.org (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../license/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **licensed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Licensed means having official permission to do something, such as a licensed driver, a licensed taxi or a licensed doctor.[↗](../../licensed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A licensed shop, café or restaurant is allowed to sell alcohol.[↗](../../licensed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A licensed product, like a toy or T-shirt, uses a famous name or character with the owner's permission.[↗](../../licensed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My big sister is now a licensed driver.[↗](../../licensed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Only take a licensed taxi.[↗](../../licensed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor is licensed to work in hospitals.[↗](../../licensed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This café is licensed, so adults can have wine with dinner.[↗](../../licensed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy is officially licensed by the film company.[↗](../../licensed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A licensed electrician fixed our wiring.[↗](../../licensed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pilots must be licensed to fly planes.[↗](../../licensed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You need to be licensed to sell fireworks.[↗](../../licensed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lichen** — *Everyday, meaning 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 fungus and a tiny alga (or bacteria) living together and helping each other.[↗](../../lichen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old wall was covered in orange lichen.[↗](../../lichen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lots of lichen on trees shows the air is clean.[↗](../../lichen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lichen is made of a fungus and an alga living together.[↗](../../lichen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Reindeer eat lichen in winter.[↗](../../lichen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We did a lichen survey around the school grounds.[↗](../../lichen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lichens grow very slowly, only a few millimetres a year.[↗](../../lichen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grey lichen spread across the gravestone.[↗](../../lichen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Lichens can grow on bare rock where nothing else can.[↗](../../lichen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The roof, as far as one existed at all, was covered with moss and lichen.[↗](../../lichen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **lick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lick something means to move your tongue over it, to taste it, eat it or wet it.[↗](../../lick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Flames lick something when they touch it lightly.[↗](../../lick/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lick is one movement of the tongue.[↗](../../lick/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A lick of paint means a thin coat of paint.[↗](../../lick/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Lick can also mean to beat someone easily in a fight or contest.[↗](../../lick/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She licked the ice cream before it melted.[↗](../../lick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog licked my face.[↗](../../lick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats lick their fur to keep it clean.[↗](../../lick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't lick your fingers after touching money.[↗](../../lick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He licked his lips at the sight of the cake.[↗](../../lick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Flames licked at the edge of the paper.[↗](../../lick/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old fence needs a lick of paint.[↗](../../lick/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never lick a frozen metal pole; your tongue can stick.[↗](../../lick/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I fought with him, and licked him."[↗](../../lick/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them that dwell in the wilderness bow before him; and his enemies lick the dust.[↗](../../lick/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.72.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lick/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.[↗](../../lick/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.18.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lick/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; the harlots also washed themselves there; according unto the word of the LORD which He spoke.[↗](../../lick/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.22.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lick/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **lid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lid is a cover on top of a box, pot, jar or bin that you can lift or take off.[↗](../../lid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An eyelid is the skin that closes over your eye; sometimes just called a lid.[↗](../../lid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put the lid back on the jam jar.[↗](../../lid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lid of the box was stuck.[↗](../../lid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cover the pot with a lid so the water boils faster.[↗](../../lid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Close the lid of the bin to keep foxes out.[↗](../../lid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lift the lid of the piano carefully.[↗](../../lid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Steam was pushing the lid up and down.[↗](../../lid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If a pan catches fire, put a lid on it and turn off the heat.[↗](../../lid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep a lid on the secret until the party.[↗](../../lid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The genius promised, and the fisherman lifted the lid.[↗](../../lid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou holdest fast the lids of mine eyes; I am troubled, and cannot speak.[↗](../../lid/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.77.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lid/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/17/) **18** 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