--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 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/5/) [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 5 [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 landscape is everything you can see when you look across a wide area of land: hills, fields, rivers, trees and buildings.[↗](../../landscape/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A landscape is also a painting or photo of such a view.[↗](../../landscape/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Landscape (format) means a page or screen that is wider than it is tall.[↗](../../landscape/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To landscape a garden or park is to change its shape and plant things to make it look nicer.[↗](../../landscape/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* The landscape of something is its general situation, for example «the political landscape».[↗](../../landscape/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The landscape around the lake was green and hilly.[↗](../../landscape/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Glaciers shaped the landscape of Scotland.[↗](../../landscape/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We painted a landscape with a red sky.[↗](../../landscape/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the paper to landscape for your poster.[↗](../../landscape/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the tablet in landscape to watch the video.[↗](../../landscape/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They landscaped the school garden with ponds and paths.[↗](../../landscape/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Factories changed the landscape of the town.[↗](../../landscape/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The desert landscape looked empty and dry.[↗](../../landscape/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Grand, dark, and gloomy appeared the landscape around him.[↗](../../landscape/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **landslide** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large mass of earth, rocks and mud suddenly sliding down a hill or mountain.[↗](../../landslide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (politics) A huge win in an election, by far more votes than the others.[↗](../../landslide/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After days of rain, a landslide blocked the mountain road.[↗](../../landslide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tree roots help to stop landslides on steep hills.[↗](../../landslide/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The village was evacuated because of the danger of a landslide.[↗](../../landslide/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She won the class election by a landslide, with 25 votes out of 28.[↗](../../landslide/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Earthquakes can trigger landslides.[↗](../../landslide/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rescue teams searched the mud after the landslide.[↗](../../landslide/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lane** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lane is a narrow road, especially in the countryside.[↗](../../lane/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lane is one strip of a road for one line of cars.[↗](../../lane/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lane is one strip of a running track or swimming pool for one person.[↗](../../lane/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A lane in a bowling alley is the long wooden path the ball rolls down.[↗](../../lane/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Lane is also a surname, a family name shared by some people.[↗](../../lane/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked down the lane to the farm.[↗](../../lane/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay in your lane when you swim.[↗](../../lane/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The motorway has three lanes.[↗](../../lane/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ride your bike in the bike lane.[↗](../../lane/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She ran in lane four and won the race.[↗](../../lane/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend lives at 12 Oak Lane.[↗](../../lane/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball rolled into the gutter instead of down the lane.[↗](../../lane/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **language** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A language is the words that people use to speak and write, like English, French or Spanish.[↗](../../language/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Language is the way people talk and use words in general.[↗](../../language/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sign language uses hand signs instead of spoken words.[↗](../../language/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A computer language is a set of words and rules for telling a computer what to do.[↗](../../language/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Bad language means rude words.[↗](../../language/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 12 children speak two languages.[↗](../../language/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The class learns 1 new language.[↗](../../language/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 15 pupils study French and 10 study German.[↗](../../language/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many speak both languages?[↗](../../language/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Canada, people speak English and French.[↗](../../language/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam's first language is Spanish.[↗](../../language/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our deaf friend taught us some sign language.[↗](../../language/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His body language showed he was nervous.[↗](../../language/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Python is a computer language.[↗](../../language/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't use bad language in class.[↗](../../language/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Every one speaks these words in his own language.[↗](../../language/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.[↗](../../language/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../language/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.'[↗](../../language/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../language/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.[↗](../../language/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../language/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, (Writings DAN.3.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../language/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; (Writings PSA.114.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../language/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; peace be multiplied unto you.[↗](../../language/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../language/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **languid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moving slowly and lazily, without energy, often in a pleasant, relaxed way.[↗](../../languid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Weak and tired, without any wish to do things, maybe from heat or illness.[↗](../../languid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of weather, days) Slow, warm and calm: «a languid summer afternoon».[↗](../../languid/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat stretched in a languid way on the warm wall.[↗](../../languid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a languid summer afternoon, and nobody wanted to move.[↗](../../languid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a languid wave from her deckchair.[↗](../../languid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The heat made everyone feel languid.[↗](../../languid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The river flowed slow and languid between the willows.[↗](../../languid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bored prince spoke in a languid voice.[↗](../../languid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess took the note and opened it with languid indifference.[↗](../../languid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **languidly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a slow, tired or lazy way, without much energy or hurry.[↗](../../languidly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat stretched languidly.[↗](../../languidly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Uncle Remus sat languidly in the sun.[↗](../../languidly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She waved languidly to us.[↗](../../languidly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **languish** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To grow weak, tired or miserable, as when a person or land suffers for a long time.[↗](../../languish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine.[↗](../../languish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../languish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And among these nations shalt thou have no repose, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot; but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and languishing of soul.[↗](../../languish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.65, JPS 1917)[↗](../../languish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.[↗](../../languish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.6.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../languish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they bow down in black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.[↗](../../languish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.14.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../languish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fishers also shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.[↗](../../languish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.19.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../languish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **lank** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lank means long, thin and limp, without bounce: lank grey hair.[↗](../../lank/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lank can describe a tall, thin, bony person.[↗](../../lank/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lank grey beggarman walked slowly up the road.[↗](../../lank/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hair hung lank and wet.[↗](../../lank/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was tall and lank, like a bean pole.[↗](../../lank/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lanky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lanky means tall and thin in an awkward, long-legged way.[↗](../../lanky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lanky hair is long, straight and limp.[↗](../../lanky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My lanky cousin can reach the top shelf.[↗](../../lanky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lanky boy ran with long strides.[↗](../../lanky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby giraffes have lanky legs.[↗](../../lanky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He grew lanky over the summer.[↗](../../lanky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is the lankiest girl in the class.[↗](../../lanky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His hair was lanky after the swim.[↗](../../lanky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lantern** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lantern is a lamp you can carry, with a light inside a glass or paper case.[↗](../../lantern/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A paper lantern is a colourful light hung up for parties and festivals.[↗](../../lantern/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A jack-o'-lantern is a pumpkin with a face cut in it and a light inside, made at Halloween.[↗](../../lantern/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They hang 18 lanterns in the garden.[↗](../../lantern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each lantern costs $3.[↗](../../lantern/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 lanterns went out.[↗](../../lantern/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lanterns hang in 3 equal rows.[↗](../../lantern/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We took a lantern when we went camping.[↗](../../lantern/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · At the festival, red paper lanterns glowed in the street.[↗](../../lantern/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He carved a jack-o'-lantern with a big smile.[↗](../../lantern/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The old sailor held up his lantern in the fog.[↗](../../lantern/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Where are my lantern and my goat?[↗](../../lantern/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **lanternfish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lanternfish is a small deep-sea fish with spots on its body that glow with light.[↗](../../lanternfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lanternfish are among the most common fish in the world; they swim up near the surface at night to feed and go deep down in the day.[↗](../../lanternfish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lanternfish has glowing spots along its body.[↗](../../lanternfish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lanternfish live deep in the ocean.[↗](../../lanternfish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At night, lanternfish swim up to eat tiny animals.[↗](../../lanternfish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Whales and seabirds eat lanternfish.[↗](../../lanternfish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There may be more lanternfish than any other kind of fish.[↗](../../lanternfish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a lanternfish in a deep-sea documentary.[↗](../../lanternfish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The glowing spots help lanternfish recognise each other.[↗](../../lanternfish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A lanternfish is only about as long as your finger.[↗](../../lanternfish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lanyard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lanyard is a cord or strap worn round the neck to hold an ID card, keys or a whistle.[↗](../../lanyard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sailing) A lanyard is a short rope on a ship used for tying or holding things.[↗](../../lanyard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher wore her ID badge on a lanyard.[↗](../../lanyard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Visitors must wear a red lanyard.[↗](../../lanyard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach's whistle hung on a lanyard.[↗](../../lanyard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors tied the bucket with a lanyard.[↗](../../lanyard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I keep my house key on a lanyard.[↗](../../lanyard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school trip lanyards had our names on them.[↗](../../lanyard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lap is one time around a track, field or pool.[↗](../../lap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Your lap is the flat top part of your legs when you sit down.[↗](../../lap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To lap is to drink by licking with the tongue, like a cat.[↗](../../lap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Water laps when it moves gently against something, like waves on a beach.[↗](../../lap/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To lap someone in a race is to get a whole lap ahead of them.[↗](../../lap/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* One lap of the track is 400 metres.[↗](../../lap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She ran 6 laps.[↗](../../lap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How far did she run?[↗](../../lap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He swims 20 laps a day.[↗](../../lap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat curled up on Grandma's lap.[↗](../../lap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog lapped water from its bowl.[↗](../../lap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Waves lapped gently against the boat.[↗](../../lap/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · On the last lap, Ava moved into first place.[↗](../../lap/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The fastest runner lapped the slowest one.[↗](../../lap/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The whip lay on his lap.[↗](../../lap/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.[↗](../../lap/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.16.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lap/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not.[↗](../../lap/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.4.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lap/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **lapdog** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lapdog is a small pet dog that likes to sit on people's laps.[↗](../../lapdog/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, insult) A lapdog is a person who always obeys a more powerful person without thinking.[↗](../../lapdog/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma's lapdog sleeps on her knee.[↗](../../lapdog/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A Pekingese is a typical lapdog.[↗](../../lapdog/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lapdog yapped at the postman.[↗](../../lapdog/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People called the minister the president's lapdog.[↗](../../lapdog/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My big dog thinks he is a lapdog.[↗](../../lapdog/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lapdogs were popular with rich ladies long ago.[↗](../../lapdog/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He touched the dog too, and it became a little silky lapdog that could nestle in your palm.[↗](../../lapdog/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **lapel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lapel is the part of a coat or jacket folded back at the front, next to the neck.[↗](../../lapel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A lapel can be a flap that covers the opening of a tent or hut.[↗](../../lapel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad pinned a flower to his lapel.[↗](../../lapel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each lapel of the jacket had a button.[↗](../../lapel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children peeped through the small holes in the lapels of the teepee.[↗](../../lapel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lapin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) «Lapin» is the French word for rabbit; it sounds like «la-PAN» with a nasal end to an English ear.[↗](../../lapin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In English, lapin is rabbit fur used for clothes, often dyed to look like more expensive fur.[↗](../../lapin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In cooking, lapin can appear on menus meaning rabbit meat.[↗](../../lapin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (French) «Le lapin» means «the rabbit».[↗](../../lapin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (French) «J'ai un lapin blanc» means «I have a white rabbit».[↗](../../lapin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In French class we learned «lapin», «chat» and «chien».[↗](../../lapin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's old coat has a lapin collar.[↗](../../lapin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The French restaurant served lapin with mustard.[↗](../../lapin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (French) «Le lapin mange une carotte»: the rabbit eats a carrot.[↗](../../lapin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A lapin is not a different animal; it is just rabbit.[↗](../../lapin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Lapin fur is often dyed.[↗](../../lapin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lapp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old, may offend) Lapp is an old name for the Sámi, the Indigenous people of the far north of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.[↗](../../lapp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Many Sámi find the word «Lapp» offensive and prefer «Sámi».[↗](../../lapp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Sámi were once called Lapps in old books.[↗](../../lapp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Sámi prefer not to be called Lapps.[↗](../../lapp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lapland is in the far north of Finland.[↗](../../lapp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sámi families herd reindeer across the snow.[↗](../../lapp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher said to use «Sámi», not «Lapp».[↗](../../lapp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Old maps say «Lapp» but today we say Sámi.[↗](../../lapp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.[↗](../../lapp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.7.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lapp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the people go every man unto his place.'[↗](../../lapp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.7.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lapp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lapse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small mistake or failure, often caused by not paying attention: a lapse of memory.[↗](../../lapse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A short time that passes between two events: after a lapse of a few minutes.[↗](../../lapse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To stop being valid because it was not renewed: my library card lapsed.[↗](../../lapse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To slowly fall into a worse state or into silence: he lapsed into silence.[↗](../../lapse/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb) To stop doing something you used to do, such as a habit or practice.[↗](../../lapse/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a lapse of memory and forgot my PE kit.[↗](../../lapse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One lapse in concentration and the goalkeeper let the ball in.[↗](../../lapse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After a lapse of ten minutes, the bell rang again.[↗](../../lapse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad let his gym membership lapse because he never went.[↗](../../lapse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The room lapsed into silence when the head teacher walked in.[↗](../../lapse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was just a lapse; she is usually very careful.[↗](../../lapse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A lapse in safety at the pool can be dangerous.[↗](../../lapse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His passport had lapsed, so he needed a new one.[↗](../../lapse/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · One day, after the lapse of many years, he met Angelo, who recognized him.[↗](../../lapse/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And after a lapse of years he went down to Ahab to Samaria.[↗](../../lapse/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.18.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lapse/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/6/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) - ← previous: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/4/) - next →: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/6/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)