--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 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/2/) [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 2 [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:* Lacquer is a clear or coloured liquid that dries to a hard, shiny coat on wood or metal.[↗](../../lacquer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To lacquer something is to cover it with lacquer.[↗](../../lacquer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, old) Hair lacquer is hairspray.[↗](../../lacquer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The box was covered in red lacquer.[↗](../../lacquer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Japanese lacquer bowls are very beautiful.[↗](../../lacquer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad lacquered the wooden table.[↗](../../lacquer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lacquer makes wood shiny and protects it.[↗](../../lacquer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lacquer took a day to dry.[↗](../../lacquer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Open a window when using lacquer, because it smells strong.[↗](../../lacquer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Beautiful vases and lacquer boxes adorned the tokonoma\[1\] of every room.[↗](../../lacquer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **lactase** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Lactase is an enzyme, a natural chemical in the body, that breaks down lactose, the sugar in milk, so it can be digested.[↗](../../lactase/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lactase breaks down the sugar in milk.[↗](../../lactase/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · People who make little lactase may get tummy aches from milk.[↗](../../lactase/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies make lots of lactase to digest their milk.[↗](../../lactase/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You can buy milk with lactase already added.[↗](../../lactase/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many adults around the world make less lactase as they grow up.[↗](../../lactase/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lactase is an enzyme in the small intestine.[↗](../../lactase/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lactic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lactic means to do with milk.[↗](../../lactic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lactic acid is a substance made when milk goes sour and also made in your muscles during hard exercise.[↗](../../lactic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lactic acid makes yogurt taste sour.[↗](../../lactic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My legs burned from lactic acid after the race.[↗](../../lactic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bacteria make lactic acid in milk.[↗](../../lactic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach said a cool-down helps your muscles recover.[↗](../../lactic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lactic means «from milk».[↗](../../lactic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sauerkraut is made sour by lactic bacteria.[↗](../../lactic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lactose** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lactose is the natural sugar found in milk and in foods made from milk, such as cheese, yoghurt and ice cream.[↗](../../lactose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lactose is the sugar in milk.[↗](../../lactose/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend is lactose intolerant, so she drinks lactose-free milk.[↗](../../lactose/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hard cheeses contain very little lactose.[↗](../../lactose/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lactose intolerance can cause tummy pains.[↗](../../lactose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The yoghurt label says «contains lactose».[↗](../../lactose/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies get lactose from breast milk.[↗](../../lactose/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people around the world cannot digest lactose well as adults.[↗](../../lactose/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **lacy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made of lace, or decorated with lace (a fine fabric with patterns of holes).[↗](../../lacy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Looking like lace: with a delicate pattern of holes or thin lines.[↗](../../lacy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wore a white dress with a lacy collar.[↗](../../lacy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Frost made lacy patterns on the window.[↗](../../lacy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The caterpillars left the cabbage leaves lacy and full of holes.[↗](../../lacy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's lacy curtains let in the sunlight.[↗](../../lacy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fern had lacy green leaves.[↗](../../lacy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Snowflakes look lacy under a magnifying glass.[↗](../../lacy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lad** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A lad is a boy or young man.[↗](../../lad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) "The lads" are a group of male friends.[↗](../../lad/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) "Lad" is a friendly way of talking to a boy.[↗](../../lad/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Well done, lad!"[↗](../../lad/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang, UK) A "lad" or "laddish" person is a loud young man who acts tough or rough.[↗](../../lad/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He's a good lad who helps his gran.[↗](../../lad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Come on, lads, let's play footy\![↗](../../lad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · When I was a lad, we walked to school.[↗](../../lad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Well played, lad," said the coach.[↗](../../lad/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A young lad found the lost puppy.[↗](../../lad/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lads went fishing on Saturday.[↗](../../lad/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our lad is starting high school next week.[↗](../../lad/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Three lads and two lasses joined the club.[↗](../../lad/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Father," answered the lad, "hear me\![↗](../../lad/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.[↗](../../lad/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lad/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.[↗](../../lad/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lad/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.[↗](../../lad/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lad/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And, behold, I will send the lad: Go, find the arrows.[↗](../../lad/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.20.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lad/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · But the lad knew not any thing; only Jonathan and David knew the matter.[↗](../../lad/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.20.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lad/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him: 'Go, carry them to the city.'[↗](../../lad/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.20.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lad/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **ladanum** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A sticky, sweet-smelling resin from a plant, used for perfume and medicine.[↗](../../ladanum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.[↗](../../ladanum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ladanum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **ladder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ladder is a piece of equipment for climbing up and down, with two long side pieces joined by steps called rungs.[↗](../../ladder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A ladder is a series of levels you can move up, like a career ladder.[↗](../../ladder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In British English, a ladder is a line of broken threads in tights (in the USA, a «run»).[↗](../../ladder/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad climbed the ladder to clean the gutters.[↗](../../ladder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the ladder steady for me.[↗](../../ladder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighter carried the child down the ladder.[↗](../../ladder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I landed on a ladder in Snakes and Ladders.[↗](../../ladder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The treehouse has a rope ladder.[↗](../../ladder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't walk under a ladder; something might fall on you.[↗](../../ladder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My tights have a ladder in them.[↗](../../ladder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She worked her way up the ladder to become head teacher.[↗](../../ladder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you standing on a ladder?"[↗](../../ladder/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.[↗](../../ladder/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.28.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ladder/#x10 "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.[↗](../../ladder/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ladder/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **laddie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A laddie is a boy or young lad; it is a Scottish word for a little boy.[↗](../../laddie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The little laddie ran to the well.[↗](../../laddie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Come here, laddie.[↗](../../laddie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The laddie caught a fish for breakfast.[↗](../../laddie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lade** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An old word meaning to load a beast or a ship with goods.[↗](../../lade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* To put a load on or in something.[↗](../../lade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'Say unto thy brethren: This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; (Torah GEN.45.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.'[↗](../../lade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.10.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'Say unto thy brethren: This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;[↗](../../lade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.17, JPS 1917) · When at last he gave up the quest his knees trembled beneath him for very weariness, and glad was he to see a tree growing close by lade with fruits of different sorts, of which he ate greedily.[↗](../../lade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (The Orange Fairy Book) **laden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Carrying a heavy load; full of something.[↗](../../laden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Weighed down with a lot of something, often a worry or feeling.[↗](../../laden/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Carrying a heavy load; full of something.[↗](../../laden/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship was laden with gold and spices.[↗](../../laden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The apple tree was laden with fruit.[↗](../../laden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We came home laden with shopping bags.[↗](../../laden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Snow-laden branches bent towards the ground.[↗](../../laden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sugar-laden drinks are bad for your teeth.[↗](../../laden/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The camels walked slowly, heavily laden.[↗](../../laden/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He came back laden with guilt after the lie.[↗](../../laden/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along.[↗](../../laden/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way.[↗](../../laden/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../laden/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Whose oxen are well laden; with no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our broad places; (Writings PSA.144.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../laden/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall hasten his steps unto the pit; none will support him.[↗](../../laden/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.28.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../laden/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off.[↗](../../laden/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEP.1.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../laden/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way.[↗](../../laden/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.23, JPS 1917) · TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along.[↗](../../laden/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Three hundred Aesop’s fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend) · And the villagers watched her return laden, and said to each other:[↗](../../laden/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (The Orange Fairy Book) **ladle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A big deep spoon with a long handle, used to serve soup or sauce.[↗](../../ladle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To serve or move liquid with a ladle.[↗](../../ladle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, informal) To give out a lot of something (ladle out praise).[↗](../../ladle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad used a ladle to serve the soup.[↗](../../ladle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One ladle of soup is about 250 millilitres.[↗](../../ladle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She ladled hot sauce over the pasta.[↗](../../ladle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dinner lady gave each child one ladle of stew.[↗](../../ladle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful: the ladle is hot\![↗](../../ladle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach ladled out praise after the win (informal).[↗](../../ladle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If a pot holds 2 litres and each ladle is 200 ml, there are 10 ladles in the pot.[↗](../../ladle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · When the bear heard that he ran back for the kitchen ladle, to give the traitor the beating he deserved.[↗](../../ladle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lady** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lady is a polite word for a woman.[↗](../../lady/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lady is a woman with good manners, or (in the past) a woman of high rank.[↗](../../lady/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Lady Jane.[↗](../../lady/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Ladies (or the ladies) is a toilet for women in a public place.[↗](../../lady/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A lady bought 3 hats.[↗](../../lady/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 12 ladies and 8 men in the room.[↗](../../lady/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lady paid 20 dollars.[↗](../../lady/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many people in all?[↗](../../lady/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our school play\![↗](../../lady/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lollipop lady helps us cross the road.[↗](../../lady/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A kind old lady gave us directions.[↗](../../lady/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The dinner lady served us pasta.[↗](../../lady/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Did you see the young lady?"[↗](../../lady/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ladybird** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ladybird is a small round beetle, usually red or orange with black spots, that eats tiny insects like greenfly.[↗](../../ladybird/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A ladybird landed on my hand.[↗](../../ladybird/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ladybirds eat greenfly, so gardeners like them.[↗](../../ladybird/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This ladybird has seven black spots.[↗](../../ladybird/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ladybird larvae look like tiny spiky crocodiles.[↗](../../ladybird/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the US, a ladybird is called a ladybug.[↗](../../ladybird/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ladybird's red colour warns birds to stay away.[↗](../../ladybird/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ladybirds sleep through winter in groups.[↗](../../ladybird/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a ladybird climb up a leaf.[↗](../../ladybird/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ladybug** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ladybug is a small round beetle, usually red or orange with black spots, that eats tiny insects called aphids.[↗](../../ladybug/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A ladybug landed on my hand.[↗](../../ladybug/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ladybugs eat aphids that harm plants in the garden.[↗](../../ladybug/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ladybug had seven black spots.[↗](../../ladybug/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a ladybug larva turn into a pupa.[↗](../../ladybug/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Its red colour warns birds not to eat it.[↗](../../ladybug/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Count the spots on each ladybug and add them up.[↗](../../ladybug/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ladylike** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ladylike describes behaviour that people used to think was polite, quiet and proper for a woman or girl, such as sitting neatly and speaking softly.[↗](../../ladylike/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (often old-fashioned or critical) Saying something is "not ladylike" was used to stop girls running, shouting or getting dirty.[↗](../../ladylike/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Great-Aunt Edith said climbing trees wasn't ladylike.[↗](../../ladylike/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a very unladylike burp and laughed.[↗](../../ladylike/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The girls in the old book were taught to be ladylike.[↗](../../ladylike/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Maddie didn't care about being ladylike; she wanted to win.[↗](../../ladylike/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her grandmother had ladylike manners and a soft voice.[↗](../../ladylike/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "That's not ladylike!" "[↗](../../ladylike/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Neither is it gentlemanly – it's just rude!"[↗](../../ladylike/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ladyship** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ladyship is the title used to speak politely to a lady of high rank: «your ladyship» means a polite way of saying you to her.[↗](../../ladyship/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Yes, your ladyship.[↗](../../ladyship/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The servant bowed to her ladyship.[↗](../../ladyship/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her ladyship will have the carriage now.[↗](../../ladyship/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lag** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lag, or lag behind, means to move or develop more slowly than others, so you fall behind.[↗](../../lag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lag, or time lag, is a delay between one thing happening and another.[↗](../../lag/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (gaming, computers, informal) Lag is a delay in a game or video call, when the screen freezes or jumps because the internet is slow.[↗](../../lag/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Jet lag is feeling tired and muddled after flying across many time zones.[↗](../../lag/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To lag pipes or a hot-water tank means to wrap them in material to keep the heat in.[↗](../../lag/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (UK, slang) An old lag is a person who has been in prison many times.[↗](../../lag/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hurry up, don't lag behind\![↗](../../lag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The game kept lagging, so I lost the level.[↗](../../lag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had terrible jet lag after flying to Australia.[↗](../../lag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a lag between the lightning flash and the thunder.[↗](../../lag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad lagged the pipes in the loft so they wouldn't freeze.[↗](../../lag/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class is lagging behind with the project, so we need to work faster.[↗](../../lag/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The video call had a two-second lag.[↗](../../lag/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Yes, Fred," said she, and soon made herself ready; but, her husband being a good walker, she lagged behind.[↗](../../lag/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/4/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) - next →: [page 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/3/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)