--- title: L — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 description: The 588 words of the school 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/school/L/page/4/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / L # L — The school dictionary · page 4 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/6/) - [lid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lid/) — A lid is a cover on top of a box, pot, jar or bin that you can lift or take off. — 11 sentences - [lidar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lidar/) — A way of measuring distance by sending out quick flashes of laser light and timing how long they take to bounce back. — 9 sentences - [lidded](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lidded/) — Lidded means having a lid, a cover on top. — 8 sentences - [lie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lie/) — To lie is to rest or be flat on something, like a bed or the ground. — 15 sentences - [liege](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liege/) — A liege is a lord or lady whom a person owes loyal service to, or a servant who owes such service. — 5 sentences - [lieu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lieu/) — In lieu of something means instead of it. — 7 sentences - [lieutenant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lieutenant/) — An officer in the army, navy or air force, of a junior to middle rank. — 11 sentences - [life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/life/) — Being alive: what people, animals and plants have and stones do not (they grow, feed, breathe, reproduce). — 17 sentences - [lifeboat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeboat/) — A strong boat kept on the coast that goes out to rescue people in danger at sea. — 8 sentences - [lifeguard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeguard/) — A lifeguard is a person whose job is to watch swimmers at a pool or beach and rescue anyone in danger in the water. — 9 sentences - [lifeless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifeless/) — Lifeless means dead, or never having had life. — 10 sentences - [lifelike](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifelike/) — Lifelike means so like a real person or thing that it looks alive. — 4 sentences - [lifelong](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifelong/) — Lifelong means lasting or continuing for all of someone's life. — 8 sentences - [lifesaving](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifesaving/) — Lifesaving means saving or able to save someone's life, like lifesaving medicine. — 8 sentences - [lifespan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifespan/) — A lifespan is how long a person, animal or plant lives, or usually lives. — 8 sentences - [lifetime](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lifetime/) — The whole time that a person or animal is alive. — 10 sentences - [lift](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lift/) — To lift is to pick something up and raise it. — 15 sentences - [ligament](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligament/) — 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. — 8 sentences - [ligature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligature/) — A ligature is a thread, string or band used to tie something tightly, especially by a doctor to tie off a blood vessel. — 9 sentences - [liger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liger/) — A liger is the baby of a male lion and a female tiger; it is a hybrid, a mix of two kinds of animal. — 10 sentences - [light](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/light/) — Light is what lets us see; it comes from the Sun, lamps and fire. — 18 sentences - [lightbulb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightbulb/) — A lightbulb is a glass or plastic bulb that gives out light when electricity goes through it. — 8 sentences - [lighten](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighten/) — To lighten something is to make it less heavy: lighten your bag. — 13 sentences - [lighter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighter/) — A small device that makes a flame, used to light candles, cigarettes, stoves or fires. — 15 sentences - [lighthearted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthearted/) — Cheerful and free from worry. — 9 sentences - [lighthouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lighthouse/) — A lighthouse is a tall tower by the sea with a bright light at the top that flashes to guide ships at night and warn them of rocks. — 10 sentences - [lightless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightless/) — With no light at all; completely dark. — 7 sentences - [lightly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightly/) — Lightly means with little force or weight: «tap lightly». — 11 sentences - [lightness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightness/) — Lightness is being not heavy. — 10 sentences - [lightning](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightning/) — The bright flash of light in the sky during a storm, made by a huge spark of electricity between clouds or between a cloud and the ground. — 11 sentences - [lightweight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lightweight/) — Lightweight means not heavy, weighing less than usual. — 9 sentences - [like](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/like/) — To like something is to enjoy it or think it is good. — 25 sentences - [likeable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likeable/) — Likeable means easy to like; pleasant and friendly. — 7 sentences - [likelihood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/) — How likely something is to happen; the chance or probability of it. — 9 sentences - [likely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likely/) — Probably going to happen or be true. — 16 sentences - [liken](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liken/) — To say that one thing is like another; to compare them. — 9 sentences - [likeness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likeness/) — Being alike or similar; how much one thing looks like another. — 10 sentences - [likewise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likewise/) — Likewise means in the same way: «Watch me and do likewise.». — 10 sentences - [lilac](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lilac/) — A lilac is a bush or small tree with large bunches of small, sweet-smelling purple, pink or white flowers in spring. — 9 sentences - [lilo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lilo/) — An inflatable mattress: a plastic bed filled with air, used for floating on water or for sleeping on when camping. — 8 sentences - [lily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lily/) — A tall plant grown from a bulb, with large trumpet-shaped flowers, often white, orange or pink. — 21 sentences - [limb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limb/) — A limb is an arm or a leg. — 11 sentences - [lime](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lime/) — A small round green citrus fruit with sour juice. — 14 sentences - [limerick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limerick/) — A limerick is a short, funny poem of five lines, with lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyming together and lines 3 and 4 rhyming together (AABBA). — 9 sentences - [limestone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limestone/) — Limestone is a soft, usually grey or white sedimentary rock made mostly from the shells and skeletons of tiny sea creatures. — 9 sentences - [limit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limit/) — A limit is the greatest (or smallest) amount that is allowed or possible: a speed limit. — 11 sentences - [limitation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/) — A limitation is something that limits what a person or thing can do: «The robot has some limitations». — 12 sentences - [limousine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limousine/) — A large, expensive, comfortable car, often with a long body and a driver (chauffeur), sometimes with a glass wall between driver and passe… — 9 sentences - [limp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limp/) — To limp is to walk unevenly because one leg or foot is hurt or stiff. — 13 sentences - [limpet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limpet/) — A limpet is a small sea animal with a cone-shaped shell that clings very tightly to rocks. — 8 sentences - [limping](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/) — Limping is walking unevenly because a leg or foot hurts. — 11 sentences - [lincoln](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lincoln/) — Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, who led the country during the American Civil War and worked to end slavery. — 12 sentences - [linden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linden/) — A linden is a tree with heart-shaped leaves and sweet-smelling flowers, also called a lime tree. — 4 sentences - [line](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/line/) — A line is a row of people or things one behind another. — 17 sentences - [lineage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lineage/) — A lineage is the line of your ancestors, the family members who came before you, such as parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. — 8 sentences - [linen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linen/) — Linen is a strong, cool cloth made from the flax plant. — 11 sentences - [liner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liner/) — A big passenger ship that sailed across oceans on regular routes, like the Titanic (an ocean liner). — 11 sentences - [linesman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linesman/) — An official who helps the referee or umpire by watching the lines of the pitch or court and showing with a flag when the ball goes out or… — 9 sentences - [ling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/) — A ling is a long sea fish of the cod family, caught for food in the North Atlantic and around Australia and New Zealand. — 10 sentences - [linger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linger/) — To linger is to stay somewhere longer than usual or than needed, because you do not want to leave. — 10 sentences - [lingua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lingua/) — «Lingua» is the Latin word for tongue and language. — 11 sentences - [linguistic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistic/) — To do with language or languages. — 9 sentences - [linguistics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linguistics/) — Linguistics is the scientific study of language: how sounds, words, grammar and meaning work, how languages change, and how people learn t… — 7 sentences - [link](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/link/) — A connection between two things, people or ideas: there is a link between sugar and tooth decay. — 14 sentences - [linnet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linnet/) — A linnet is a small brown songbird of the finch family; the male has a pinkish-red chest and head in spring. — 7 sentences - [linseed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/linseed/) — Linseed is the seed of the flax plant, also called flaxseed. — 8 sentences - [lint](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/) — Lint is tiny bits of fluff and fibre that come off clothes and cloth. — 10 sentences - [lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lion/) — A lion is a big wild cat with golden fur that lives mostly in Africa. The male has a large mane of hair around its head. — 12 sentences - [lioness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/) — A female lion. — 11 sentences - [lionfish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lionfish/) — A lionfish is a striped red, brown and white sea fish with long fan-like fins and venomous spines. — 7 sentences - [lip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lip/) — Your lips are the two soft edges around your mouth. — 12 sentences - [lipogram](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipogram/) — A piece of writing in which one letter of the alphabet is never used on purpose, for example a story with no letter "e". — 7 sentences - [lipped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipped/) — In old tales, «long lipped» means sulky, with the lower lip pushed out to show you are cross. — 4 sentences - [lipstick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lipstick/) — Colour for the lips, usually in a small stick that comes out of a tube. — 9 sentences - [liquefy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquefy/) — To liquefy is to turn into a liquid, or to make a solid or gas become a liquid, often by heating or cooling or squeezing. — 7 sentences - [liquid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquid/) — A liquid is something that flows and can be poured, like water, milk or juice. — 13 sentences - [liquidate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/) — To liquidate a company is to close it and sell everything it owns to pay its debts. — 9 sentences - [liquor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquor/) — Liquor is a strong alcoholic drink, such as whisky or rum. — 5 sentences - [list](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/list/) — A list is a set of words, names or numbers written one after another, often one under another. — 14 sentences - [listen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listen/) — To listen is to pay attention to sounds or words so that you hear them: listen to music. — 14 sentences - [listener](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/) — A person who listens to someone or something. — 10 sentences - [lit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lit/) — Lit is the past form of «light», as in to make something start burning (lit a candle) or to give light to a place (the room was lit by lam… — 12 sentences - [litany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litany/) — A litany is a long prayer in which a leader says a line and the people answer with the same response each time, like «Lord, have mercy». — 8 sentences - [literacy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literacy/) — Literacy is the ability to read and write. — 8 sentences - [literal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literal/) — Taking words in their most basic, exact meaning, not as a joke or figure of speech. — 10 sentences - [literally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literally/) — Literally means exactly as the words say, not as a figure of speech. — 10 sentences - [literary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literary/) — Literary means to do with literature: books, poems, plays and stories, and the people who write them. — 9 sentences - [literature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literature/) — Written works such as novels, poems and plays, especially ones thought to be good or important. — 12 sentences - [lithium](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/) — Lithium is a very light, soft, silvery metal; it is a chemical element with the symbol Li. — 9 sentences - [lithosphere](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithosphere/) — The lithosphere is the hard, rocky outer layer of the Earth: the crust plus the very top part of the mantle, about 100 km thick, broken in… — 7 sentences - [lithuanian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithuanian/) — Lithuanian means from Lithuania, a country on the Baltic Sea in north-east Europe, or to do with its people. — 11 sentences - [litmus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litmus/) — Litmus is a dye made from lichens that turns red in acid and blue in alkali, used to test liquids. — 8 sentences - [litotes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litotes/) — Litotes is a kind of understatement where you say something by saying that its opposite is not true, like «not bad» meaning «good» or «not… — 8 sentences - [litre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litre/) — A litre is a unit for measuring liquids and the space inside things (volume). — 12 sentences - [litter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/litter/) — Litter is rubbish like paper, cans and wrappers left lying on the ground in a public place. — 12 sentences - [little](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/little/) — Little means small in size: a little house. — 14 sentences - [liv](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liv/) — A short form of «living», as in «liv rm» for living room in house adverts or notes. — 10 sentences - [live](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/live/) — To live is to be alive. — 16 sentences - [livelihood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livelihood/) — A livelihood is the way a person earns money to pay for food and a home. — 4 sentences - [livelong](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livelong/) — Livelong means whole or entire, used with a time: the livelong day is the whole day. — 4 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/6/)