--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 19 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/19/) [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 19 [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:* A way of measuring distance by sending out quick flashes of laser light and timing how long they take to bounce back.[↗](../../lidar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The machine or sensor that does this, as on a self-driving car or a survey plane.[↗](../../lidar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The self-driving car has a spinning lidar on its roof.[↗](../../lidar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists used lidar to find old Mayan cities hidden under the jungle.[↗](../../lidar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A lidar sensor measures how far away the wall is.[↗](../../lidar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane flew over the hills to make a lidar map.[↗](../../lidar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some new phones use lidar to measure a room.[↗](../../lidar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lidar works a bit like a bat's echo, but with light.[↗](../../lidar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The robot vacuum uses lidar so it doesn't bump into the sofa.[↗](../../lidar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **lidded** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lidded means having a lid, a cover on top.[↗](../../lidded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (literary) Lidded eyes are half-closed, with heavy eyelids, as if sleepy.[↗](../../lidded/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Keep food in a lidded box.[↗](../../lidded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Take your drink in a lidded cup on the bus.[↗](../../lidded/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lidded jar kept the biscuits fresh.[↗](../../lidded/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat watched with lidded eyes.[↗](../../lidded/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put rubbish in the lidded bin.[↗](../../lidded/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lidded pot boiled faster.[↗](../../lidded/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground.[↗](../../lie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To lie is also to be in a place: the town lies by the sea.[↗](../../lie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To lie is to say something you know is not true, to trick someone.[↗](../../lie/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A lie is a thing said that the speaker knows is false.[↗](../../lie/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To lie up can also mean to hide away and stay out of sight.[↗](../../lie/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 6 cats lie on the rug.[↗](../../lie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 12 books lie on the table.[↗](../../lie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · One of the children lied about the score.[↗](../../lie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lie down on the mat and rest.[↗](../../lie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog is lying in the sun.[↗](../../lie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He told a lie about breaking the window.[↗](../../lie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Telling the truth is better than telling lies.[↗](../../lie/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The village lies at the foot of a hill.[↗](../../lie/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Yesterday I lay in bed until nine.[↗](../../lie/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Now, where does he lie up?[↗](../../lie/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.[↗](../../lie/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.18.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lie/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.[↗](../../lie/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lie/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.[↗](../../lie/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.18.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lie/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.[↗](../../lie/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lie/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.[↗](../../lie/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.3.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lie/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.[↗](../../lie/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lie/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **liege** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A liege is a lord or lady whom a person owes loyal service to, or a servant who owes such service.[↗](../../liege/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) «My liege» is a polite way to speak to a king or lord.[↗](../../liege/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight bowed low and said, «Yes, my liege.»[↗](../../liege/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The people were loyal to their liege lord.[↗](../../liege/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Abbot called the king his liege.[↗](../../liege/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lien** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A mistaken printing of a name or word in an old scanned book; here it stands for "Rabbi" or a name such as "Ben" before Sira.[↗](../../lien/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "lien Sira wanted to study the Sefer Yetzira, when a heav- enly voice came out and snid: 'Thou canst nut do it aloin-'.[↗](../../lien/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../lien/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **lieth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «lieth» means «lies», a form of «lie».[↗](../../lieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground.[↗](../../lieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law.[↗](../../lieth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.23, JPS 1917) · These three mothers again represent in the Microcosm or Human form, male and female; the Head, the Belly, and the Chest; the bead from the fire, the belly from water, and the chest from the air lieth between them.[↗](../../lieth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) · Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast.[↗](../../lieth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.21, JPS 1917) **lieu** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) In lieu of something means instead of it.[↗](../../lieu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We got a gift card in lieu of a prize.[↗](../../lieu/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad took a day off in lieu after working on Saturday.[↗](../../lieu/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In lieu of flowers, please give to charity.[↗](../../lieu/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was paid in lieu of notice.[↗](../../lieu/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school gave extra reading in lieu of homework.[↗](../../lieu/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He did chores in lieu of paying rent.[↗](../../lieu/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lieutenant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An officer in the army, navy or air force, of a junior to middle rank.[↗](../../lieutenant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who helps and acts for a leader; a deputy.[↗](../../lieutenant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US) A police or fire officer of middle rank.[↗](../../lieutenant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lieutenant led his soldiers across the river.[↗](../../lieutenant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandad was a lieutenant in the navy.[↗](../../lieutenant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gang leader sent his lieutenant to do the dirty work.[↗](../../lieutenant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lieutenant Smith gave the order to march.[↗](../../lieutenant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the US, a police lieutenant is above a sergeant.[↗](../../lieutenant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain's chief lieutenant took over the ship.[↗](../../lieutenant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In Canada, each province has a Lieutenant Governor.[↗](../../lieutenant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "No doubt, they belong to the lieutenant who lives up stairs.[↗](../../lieutenant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **life** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being alive: what people, animals and plants have and stones do not (they grow, feed, breathe, reproduce).[↗](../../life/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The time from when someone is born until they die.[↗](../../life/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The way someone lives: a busy life, city life.[↗](../../life/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Living things in general: plant life, sea life.[↗](../../life/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Energy and fun: full of life.[↗](../../life/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* In games: one of the chances you have before the game ends.[↗](../../life/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A frog's life cycle starts with an egg.[↗](../../life/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there life on Mars?[↗](../../life/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma has lived here all her life.[↗](../../life/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard saved a boy's life.[↗](../../life/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear a life jacket on the boat.[↗](../../life/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · City life is busy and noisy.[↗](../../life/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The coral reef is full of sea life.[↗](../../life/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I lost my last life in the game.[↗](../../life/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy is full of life.[↗](../../life/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Life became a burden to them.[↗](../../life/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") \[273\][↗](../../life/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life, (Torah EXO.21.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../life/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.[↗](../../life/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../life/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.[↗](../../life/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../life/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.[↗](../../life/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.7.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../life/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.[↗](../../life/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../life/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · For Thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise Thee.[↗](../../life/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.63.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../life/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **lifeblood** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The blood that carries life in a body, or the thing a person's life depends on.[↗](../../lifeblood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And I trod down the peoples in Mine anger, and made them drunk with My fury, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.'[↗](../../lifeblood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.63.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lifeblood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **lifeboat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A strong boat kept on the coast that goes out to rescue people in danger at sea.[↗](../../lifeboat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small boat carried on a ship, used to escape if the ship sinks.[↗](../../lifeboat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lifeboat rescued two fishermen in the storm.[↗](../../lifeboat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Titanic did not have enough lifeboats for everyone.[↗](../../lifeboat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a volunteer on the lifeboat crew.[↗](../../lifeboat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited the lifeboat station by the harbour.[↗](../../lifeboat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The passengers climbed into the lifeboats.[↗](../../lifeboat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Every ship has a lifeboat drill.[↗](../../lifeboat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lifeguard** — *Everyday, meaning 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.[↗](../../lifeguard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Always swim where a lifeguard can see you.[↗](../../lifeguard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard blew her whistle and waved us back.[↗](../../lifeguard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard pulled the boy out of the water.[↗](../../lifeguard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Swim between the flags set up by the lifeguards.[↗](../../lifeguard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no lifeguard on duty, so we will not swim.[↗](../../lifeguard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lifeguards learn first aid.[↗](../../lifeguard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard sat in a tall chair to watch the pool.[↗](../../lifeguard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If you are in trouble in the water, raise your arm to signal the lifeguard.[↗](../../lifeguard/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lifeless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lifeless means dead, or never having had life.[↗](../../lifeless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lifeless means with no living things, like a lifeless planet.[↗](../../lifeless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Lifeless can mean dull, without energy or excitement.[↗](../../lifeless/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bird lay lifeless on the grass.[↗](../../lifeless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mars seems to be a lifeless planet.[↗](../../lifeless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The desert looked lifeless, but many animals hid under the sand.[↗](../../lifeless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her voice was flat and lifeless.[↗](../../lifeless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doll's lifeless eyes stared at me.[↗](../../lifeless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Add more detail so your story isn't lifeless.[↗](../../lifeless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He sat lifeless on the steps.[↗](../../lifeless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Most literally, it means ‘waste(land)’, the lifeless open desert, a translation of \[Genesis 1:2\] so far captured in English only by Robert Alter’s The Hebrew Bible (2019), who poetically renders תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ tohu vavohu as “waste and welter”; cf.[↗](../../lifeless/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../lifeless/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lifelike** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lifelike means so like a real person or thing that it looks alive.[↗](../../lifelike/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The painting of the horse was so lifelike I touched it.[↗](../../lifelike/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The clay figure looked lifelike.[↗](../../lifelike/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wax model is very lifelike.[↗](../../lifelike/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lifelong** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lifelong means lasting or continuing for all of someone's life.[↗](../../lifelong/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lifelong describes something that has been true for a very long time, since childhood.[↗](../../lifelong/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They met at nursery and became lifelong friends.[↗](../../lifelong/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad is a lifelong fan of the local football team.[↗](../../lifelong/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Diabetes can be a lifelong condition.[↗](../../lifelong/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school wants us to be lifelong learners.[↗](../../lifelong/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was her lifelong dream to see the Northern Lights.[↗](../../lifelong/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning to swim is a lifelong skill.[↗](../../lifelong/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lifesaving** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lifesaving means saving or able to save someone's life, like lifesaving medicine.[↗](../../lifesaving/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lifesaving is the skill of rescuing people from drowning, taught in swimming and lifeguard classes.[↗](../../lifesaving/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She learned lifesaving at the swimming pool.[↗](../../lifesaving/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The defibrillator is a lifesaving machine.[↗](../../lifesaving/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccines are lifesaving.[↗](../../lifesaving/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He got a badge in lifesaving.[↗](../../lifesaving/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning CPR is a lifesaving skill.[↗](../../lifesaving/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguards did a lifesaving rescue.[↗](../../lifesaving/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lifespan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lifespan is how long a person, animal or plant lives, or usually lives.[↗](../../lifespan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lifespan is how long a thing lasts or works, like a battery or a machine.[↗](../../lifespan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The average lifespan of a dog is about 12 years.[↗](../../lifespan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A mayfly has a very short lifespan.[↗](../../lifespan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tortoises can have a lifespan of over 100 years.[↗](../../lifespan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Human lifespans have grown longer thanks to medicine.[↗](../../lifespan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This light bulb has a lifespan of 10,000 hours.[↗](../../lifespan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If a cat lives 15 years and a hamster 2 years, the cat's lifespan is 13 years longer.[↗](../../lifespan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lifetime** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The whole time that a person or animal is alive.[↗](../../lifetime/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The time that a thing lasts or works: «the lifetime of a battery».[↗](../../lifetime/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A very long time: «I waited a lifetime!».[↗](../../lifetime/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A tortoise's lifetime can be over a hundred years.[↗](../../lifetime/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeing a whale was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.[↗](../../lifetime/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The battery has a lifetime of about two years.[↗](../../lifetime/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We waited a lifetime for the bus\![↗](../../lifetime/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many changes happened in Grandma's lifetime.[↗](../../lifetime/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was the trip of a lifetime.[↗](../../lifetime/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let us look at him as he was in his lifetime.[↗](../../lifetime/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.[↗](../../lifetime/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.18.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lifetime/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lift** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lift is to pick something up and raise it.[↗](../../lift/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lift is a machine that carries people up and down in a building; Americans call it an elevator.[↗](../../lift/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lift is a free ride in someone's car.[↗](../../lift/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To lift a rule or a ban is to end it.[↗](../../lift/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A lift is a happy feeling: the news gave her a lift.[↗](../../lift/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He lifts 20 kg.[↗](../../lift/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lift carries 8 people at a time.[↗](../../lift/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many trips for 30 people?[↗](../../lift/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She lifted 3 boxes of 5 kg each.[↗](../../lift/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bend your knees when you lift a heavy box.[↗](../../lift/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We took the lift to the tenth floor.[↗](../../lift/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you give me a lift to school?[↗](../../lift/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The fog lifted and the sun came out.[↗](../../lift/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In a fire, never use the lift.[↗](../../lift/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He lifted the lad to his great shoulder.[↗](../../lift/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.[↗](../../lift/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lift/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.[↗](../../lift/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.6.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lift/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.[↗](../../lift/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.22.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lift/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Unto Thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.[↗](../../lift/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.25.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lift/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD.[↗](../../lift/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.134.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lift/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Lift up your eyes on high, and see: who hath created these?[↗](../../lift/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lift/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **ligament** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* 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.[↗](../../ligament/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ligaments hold joints together and stop them bending the wrong way.[↗](../../ligament/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ligaments join bone to bone.[↗](../../ligament/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The footballer tore a ligament in his knee.[↗](../../ligament/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A sprained ankle means a ligament has been stretched too far.[↗](../../ligament/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Warming up helps protect your muscles and ligaments.[↗](../../ligament/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said the ligament would heal in six weeks.[↗](../../ligament/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tendons attach muscles to bones, but ligaments attach bones to bones.[↗](../../ligament/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/18/) **19** [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/20/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) - ← previous: [page 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/18/) - next →: [page 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/20/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)