--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 28 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/28/) [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 28 [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:* (geography) A very fine, yellowish-brown soil made of dust blown by the wind, often after the Ice Age.[↗](../../loess/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It makes very fertile farmland but wears away easily.[↗](../../loess/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Loess is soil carried by the wind.[↗](../../loess/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Yellow River is yellow because of loess.[↗](../../loess/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers grow good crops on loess.[↗](../../loess/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Loess Plateau in China is covered with deep loess.[↗](../../loess/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Loess can be washed away quickly by heavy rain.[↗](../../loess/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our geography teacher showed us a jar of fine loess.[↗](../../loess/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **loft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A loft is the room or space just under the roof of a house, often used for storage (US: attic).[↗](../../loft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A loft is a large flat in an old factory or warehouse, with high ceilings (especially US).[↗](../../loft/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A hayloft is the upper floor of a barn where hay is stored.[↗](../../loft/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A pigeon loft is a shed for keeping pigeons.[↗](../../loft/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To loft a ball is to hit or kick it high into the air.[↗](../../loft/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Christmas decorations are up in the loft.[↗](../../loft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad climbed the loft ladder.[↗](../../loft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Loft insulation keeps heat in the house.[↗](../../loft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We turned the loft into a bedroom.[↗](../../loft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat was hiding in the hayloft.[↗](../../loft/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She lofted the ball over the goalkeeper.[↗](../../loft/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When all is quiet we will hide in the loft.’[↗](../../loft/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **loftily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Loftily means in a proud, grand way, as if you think you are better than others.[↗](../../loftily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He held his head up loftily.[↗](../../loftily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat walked loftily past the dog.[↗](../../loftily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She answered loftily, as if she knew best.[↗](../../loftily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?[↗](../../loftily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.36.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loftily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.[↗](../../loftily/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.94.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loftily/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **loftiness** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The quality of being very high or proud.[↗](../../loftiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his haughtiness, and the assumption of his heart.[↗](../../loftiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.48.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loftiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.[↗](../../loftiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.2.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loftiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **lofty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very high or tall: lofty mountains.[↗](../../lofty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very grand, noble or ambitious: lofty ideas.[↗](../../lofty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Proud and acting as if better than others: a lofty manner.[↗](../../lofty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Australia, slang) A joking nickname for a very tall person, or sometimes for a short one.[↗](../../lofty/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The castle had lofty towers.[↗](../../lofty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Eagles nest on lofty cliffs.[↗](../../lofty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has lofty dreams of becoming an astronaut.[↗](../../lofty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke in a lofty way, as if he knew everything.[↗](../../lofty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lofty pine trees blocked out the sun.[↗](../../lofty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His nickname at school was Lofty because he was so tall.[↗](../../lofty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Their lofty plans did not work in real life.[↗](../../lofty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The church had a lofty ceiling.[↗](../../lofty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The houses stood there, so lofty, so close\![↗](../../lofty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.[↗](../../lofty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lofty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall; (Prophets ISA.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lofty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.[↗](../../lofty/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lofty/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And man is bowed down, and man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled; (Prophets ISA.5.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lofty/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **log** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A log is a thick piece of a tree trunk or big branch that has been cut down.[↗](../../log/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A log is a written record of what happens, like a ship's log or a reading log.[↗](../../log/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To log in or log on is to enter a computer or website with your name and password.[↗](../../log/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Logging is cutting down trees for wood.[↗](../../log/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A log is cut into 4 pieces.[↗](../../log/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cuts make 5 pieces?[↗](../../log/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each cut takes 3 minutes.[↗](../../log/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 20 logs in the pile.[↗](../../log/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We put another log on the fire.[↗](../../log/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fill in your reading log every night.[↗](../../log/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Log in with your username and password.[↗](../../log/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After the long walk I slept like a log.[↗](../../log/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · One set her foot on the log.[↗](../../log/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.[↗](../../log/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../log/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD.[↗](../../log/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../log/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a guilt-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD.[↗](../../log/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../log/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **logger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose job is cutting down trees and taking the logs away; a lumberjack.[↗](../../logger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science, computers) A device or program that records information again and again over time, like temperatures or events.[↗](../../logger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computers) A small program that writes a list (a log) of what happens on a computer.[↗](../../logger/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The logger cut the tall pine with a chainsaw.[↗](../../logger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Loggers in Canada once floated logs down the rivers.[↗](../../logger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We left a data logger in the classroom to record the temperature overnight.[↗](../../logger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The data logger showed it got coldest at 5 o'clock in the morning.[↗](../../logger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Illegal loggers are damaging parts of the Amazon rainforest.[↗](../../logger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A logger must wear a helmet and strong boots for safety.[↗](../../logger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The game has a logger that writes down every error.[↗](../../logger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The old loggers' hut is now a museum.[↗](../../logger/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **loggerhead** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To be «at loggerheads» with someone is to disagree strongly and argue with them.[↗](../../loggerhead/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A loggerhead turtle is a large sea turtle with a big head.[↗](../../loggerhead/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A loggerhead was an old word for a stupid person.[↗](../../loggerhead/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two neighbours are at loggerheads over the fence.[↗](../../loggerhead/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother and I were at loggerheads about the TV.[↗](../../loggerhead/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Loggerhead turtles nest on warm beaches.[↗](../../loggerhead/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A loggerhead turtle can live for over 50 years.[↗](../../loggerhead/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The councils have been at loggerheads for months.[↗](../../loggerhead/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic in the sea harms loggerhead turtles.[↗](../../loggerhead/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **logging** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Logging is the work of cutting down trees and taking the wood away to sell.[↗](../../logging/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Logging (from «log») is writing down information in a log or record: logging the weather each day.[↗](../../logging/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Logging in (or on) means entering your name and password to start using a computer or website; logging out (or off) means leaving it.[↗](../../logging/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Logging has destroyed large parts of the rainforest.[↗](../../logging/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The logging trucks carried huge tree trunks.[↗](../../logging/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We are logging the temperature every hour.[↗](../../logging/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember logging out after you use the school computer.[↗](../../logging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm having trouble logging in.[↗](../../logging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain was logging the ship's speed.[↗](../../logging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Careful logging can let a forest grow back.[↗](../../logging/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **logic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Logic is careful, clear thinking where each step follows from the one before, so you reach a sensible answer.[↗](../../logic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Logic is also the study of correct reasoning, a part of maths and philosophy.[↗](../../logic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The logic of something is the reason or sense behind it: «I don't see the logic of that plan».[↗](../../logic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (computers) Logic is the set of rules and true/false steps a computer or program follows.[↗](../../logic/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use logic to solve the puzzle: the cat is not in the red house.[↗](../../logic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no logic in walking home in the rain without your coat.[↗](../../logic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In coding, logic decides what the robot does next.[↗](../../logic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sherlock Holmes solved crimes with logic.[↗](../../logic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her logic was good, but one fact was wrong.[↗](../../logic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about «and», «or» and «not» in logic.[↗](../../logic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't follow the logic of this rule.[↗](../../logic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The translation adopted here follows a popular logic.[↗](../../logic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../logic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · George Boole inThe Laws of Thought, London 1854, p. 48, also says: "The respective interpretations of the symbols 0 and 1 in the system of Logic are Nothing and Universe."[↗](../../logic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../logic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **logical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Logical means following clear and correct reasoning, so each step makes sense.[↗](../../logical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Logical means sensible and what you would expect, given the facts.[↗](../../logical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A logical person thinks clearly and step by step.[↗](../../logical/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put the steps in a logical order.[↗](../../logical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It's logical to take an umbrella if it looks like rain.[↗](../../logical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her explanation was clear and logical.[↗](../../logical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Solve the puzzle with logical thinking.[↗](../../logical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The logical answer is that the cat ate the fish.[↗](../../logical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a very logical person.[↗](../../logical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That isn't logical: you can't be in two places at once.[↗](../../logical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Here we meet with another logical though fanciful conclusion, which a very slight knowledge of the workings of nature proves to have been just and true.[↗](../../logical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **logically** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a way that follows clear reasoning.[↗](../../logically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Klyce (f/ni- verse 1921 para. 43 f) advances the view that zero and infinity are logically identical.[↗](../../logically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../logically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · From a Pythagorean point of view the fifth element "aether" like infinity is only another name for vacuum.[↗](../../logically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") \* Therefore, aether also is logically identical with zero (Com. above p. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../logically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **logo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small picture, symbol or special design that a company, team, school or group uses so people recognise it.[↗](../../logo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school logo is a green oak tree.[↗](../../logo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The football club's logo is on the shirts.[↗](../../logo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We designed a logo for our class newspaper.[↗](../../logo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You can spot the shop from its logo.[↗](../../logo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some logos are just letters.[↗](../../logo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Adverts show the logo again and again so you remember it.[↗](../../logo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **loin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Loin is a cut of meat from the back of an animal, between the ribs and the hips: pork loin, lamb loin.[↗](../../loin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old, Bible) The loins are the part of the body around the hips and lower belly; «gird up your loins» meant get ready for hard work or a fight.[↗](../../loin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had roast pork loin for Sunday dinner.[↗](../../loin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The butcher cut four lamb loin chops.[↗](../../loin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sirloin is a cut of beef from near the loin.[↗](../../loin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Gird up your loins,» says an old Bible verse.[↗](../../loin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In hot lands some people wore only a loincloth.[↗](../../loin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad joked, «Gird your loins, we're cleaning the garage!»[↗](../../loin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This brown giant was without clothes save for a wild-cat-skin about his loins.[↗](../../loin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.[↗](../../loin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.[↗](../../loin/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loin/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; (Torah GEN.35.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loin/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.[↗](../../loin/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loin/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.[↗](../../loin/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loin/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou didst bring us into the hold; Thou didst lay constraint upon our loins.[↗](../../loin/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.66.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loin/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **loins** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* The lower part of the body between the ribs and the thighs; in these texts it also means the body as the source of children.[↗](../../loins/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.[↗](../../loins/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.34, JPS 1917) · This brown giant was without clothes save for a wild-cat-skin about his loins.[↗](../../loins/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Old Indian Legends) · And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.[↗](../../loins/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.5, JPS 1917) **loiter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To loiter is to stand or wait about without hurrying and without a clear reason.[↗](../../loiter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The prince loitered about all day.[↗](../../loiter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't loiter on the way to school.[↗](../../loiter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Two boys loitered by the gate.[↗](../../loiter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lollipop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hard sweet (candy) on a stick that you lick or suck.[↗](../../lollipop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, Australia) An ice lolly: frozen juice on a stick.[↗](../../lollipop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Lollipop lady / lollipop man (UK, Australia, NZ): a person who helps children cross the road near a school, holding a round «STOP» sign on a pole.[↗](../../lollipop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dentist gave me a sugar-free lollipop.[↗](../../lollipop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My lollipop is cherry flavoured.[↗](../../lollipop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wait for the lollipop lady to stop the cars before you cross.[↗](../../lollipop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't run with a lollipop in your mouth.[↗](../../lollipop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We used lollipop sticks to make a model raft.[↗](../../lollipop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lollipop man waves to all the children.[↗](../../lollipop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many lollipops are bad for your teeth.[↗](../../lollipop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **lollop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To move along in a clumsy, bouncing, loose way, like a big puppy or a rabbit.[↗](../../lollop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The big puppy came lolloping across the garden.[↗](../../lollop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hare lolloped away over the field.[↗](../../lollop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits lollop when they are not in a hurry.[↗](../../lollop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The kangaroo lolloped across the plain.[↗](../../lollop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A shaggy dog lolloped up to say hello.[↗](../../lollop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby elephant lolloped behind its mother.[↗](../../lollop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/27/) **28** [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/29/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) - ← previous: [page 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/27/) - next →: [page 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/29/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)