--- title: L — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 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/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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / L # L — The school dictionary · page 5 [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/6/) - [lively](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/) — Lively means full of energy, fun and activity. — 10 sentences - [liver](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liver/) — The liver is a large organ in your body, under your ribs on the right, that cleans the blood, stores energy and helps digest food. — 11 sentences - [livery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livery/) — A special uniform worn by servants of a great house or by members of a company or guild in the past. — 10 sentences - [livestock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livestock/) — Animals kept on a farm for food, milk, wool or work, such as cows, sheep, pigs, goats and chickens. — 7 sentences - [livid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/) — Very, very angry, so angry you can hardly keep calm. — 12 sentences - [lizard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lizard/) — A lizard is a reptile with scaly skin, four short legs and a long tail, such as a gecko or iguana. — 8 sentences - [llama](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/llama/) — A llama is a South American animal like a small camel without a hump, with a long neck and thick woolly coat, kept for carrying loads and… — 10 sentences - [load](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/load/) — A load is something heavy that is carried, for example by a truck, a person or a washing machine. — 12 sentences - [loaf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loaf/) — A loaf is bread baked in one big piece, before it is cut into slices. — 12 sentences - [loam](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loam/) — Loam is rich, dark soil made of a good mix of sand, silt and clay, with rotting plants in it; it is very good for growing things. — 7 sentences - [loan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/) — A loan is money that someone borrows and must pay back, often with extra money called interest. — 11 sentences - [loanword](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loanword/) — A word one language has taken from another language and now uses as its own, like «pizza» from Italian or «kindergarten» from German. — 10 sentences - [loath](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loath/) — Loath means unwilling, not wanting to do something: loath to go. — 4 sentences - [loathsome](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loathsome/) — Loathsome means so nasty or disgusting that people hate it. — 4 sentences - [lob](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lob/) — To lob something is to throw or hit it high in the air, in a slow curve. — 11 sentences - [lobby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobby/) — A large hall or entrance area just inside the front door of a hotel, theatre, flats or office building. — 14 sentences - [lobe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobe/) — An earlobe (lobe) is the soft round part at the bottom of your ear. — 9 sentences - [lobed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobed/) — Having lobes: rounded parts that stick out, like the parts of an oak leaf or of an ear. — 10 sentences - [lobster](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lobster/) — A sea animal with a hard shell, ten legs and two big claws, related to crabs. — 9 sentences - [local](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/) — Local means belonging to or near the place where you live, or a particular area. — 12 sentences - [locality](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locality/) — An area or neighbourhood; the place around a particular point. — 11 sentences - [locally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locally/) — In or near the place where you are or where you live; nearby. — 11 sentences - [locate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locate/) — To find exactly where something or someone is. — 12 sentences - [located](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/located/) — If something is located in a place, it is there; that is where it is. — 9 sentences - [location](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/) — A place or position where something is or happens. — 10 sentences - [loch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loch/) — A lake. — 11 sentences - [lock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lock/) — A lock is a device on a door, box or bike that keeps it closed so it can only be opened with a key, code or card. — 13 sentences - [lockbox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/) — A small box with a lock for keeping money, papers or valuables safe. — 11 sentences - [lockdown](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockdown/) — A lockdown is a time when people must stay at home and many places close, to stop a disease spreading. — 10 sentences - [locker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locker/) — A locker is a small cupboard with a door and a lock, at school, in a gym or at a pool, where you keep your things. — 11 sentences - [locket](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locket/) — A small piece of jewellery that opens like a tiny box, hung on a chain round the neck, holding a photo, a lock of hair or a keepsake. — 7 sentences - [lockjaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockjaw/) — An old everyday name for tetanus, a serious illness caused by germs getting into a wound, which makes muscles go stiff. — 9 sentences - [locomotion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotion/) — Locomotion is the ability to move from one place to another, or the way an animal or person moves. — 9 sentences - [locomotive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/) — A railway engine that pulls a train. — 9 sentences - [locust](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locust/) — A large kind of grasshopper that sometimes gathers in huge swarms that fly far and eat all the crops. — 11 sentences - [lodge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodge/) — A small house or cabin in the country, mountains or a park, used for holidays, hunting or skiing. — 15 sentences - [lodger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodger/) — A person who pays to live in a room in someone else's house, often sharing the kitchen and bathroom with the family. — 10 sentences - [lodging](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lodging/) — A place to stay for a short time, such as a room in someone's house or an inn. — 11 sentences - [loess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loess/) — A very fine, yellowish-brown soil made of dust blown by the wind, often after the Ice Age. — 8 sentences - [loft](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loft/) — A loft is the room or space just under the roof of a house, often used for storage (US: attic). — 12 sentences - [loftily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loftily/) — Loftily means in a proud, grand way, as if you think you are better than others. — 4 sentences - [lofty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/) — Very high or tall: lofty mountains. — 13 sentences - [log](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/) — A log is a thick piece of a tree trunk or big branch that has been cut down. — 13 sentences - [logger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/logger/) — A person whose job is cutting down trees and taking the logs away; a lumberjack. — 11 sentences - [loggerhead](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loggerhead/) — To be «at loggerheads» with someone is to disagree strongly and argue with them. — 9 sentences - [logging](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/logging/) — Logging is the work of cutting down trees and taking the wood away to sell. — 10 sentences - [logic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/logic/) — Logic is careful, clear thinking where each step follows from the one before, so you reach a sensible answer. — 11 sentences - [logical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/logical/) — Logical means following clear and correct reasoning, so each step makes sense. — 11 sentences - [logo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/logo/) — A small picture, symbol or special design that a company, team, school or group uses so people recognise it. — 7 sentences - [loin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loin/) — Loin is a cut of meat from the back of an animal, between the ribs and the hips: pork loin, lamb loin. — 9 sentences - [loiter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loiter/) — To loiter is to stand or wait about without hurrying and without a clear reason. — 4 sentences - [lollipop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollipop/) — A hard sweet (candy) on a stick that you lick or suck. — 10 sentences - [lollop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollop/) — To move along in a clumsy, bouncing, loose way, like a big puppy or a rabbit. — 7 sentences - [lolly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lolly/) — In the UK and Ireland, a lolly is an ice lolly (frozen juice on a stick) or a lollipop (a hard sweet on a stick). — 11 sentences - [londoner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/londoner/) — A Londoner is a person who lives in or comes from London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. — 7 sentences - [lone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lone/) — Lone means alone, the only one there, with no others. — 12 sentences - [loneliness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loneliness/) — Loneliness is the sad feeling you have when you are alone or feel that nobody cares about you or understands you. — 10 sentences - [lonely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/) — Lonely means feeling sad because you are alone or have no friends to be with. — 11 sentences - [lonesome](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonesome/) — Sad because you are alone and have no friends or company; lonely. — 10 sentences - [long](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/long/) — Long tells how much length something has from one end to the other: «14 metres long». — 24 sentences - [longbow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longbow/) — A large bow, about as tall as a man, made of one piece of wood (often yew), used for shooting arrows. — 10 sentences - [longer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longer/) — Longer means having more length than something else. — 12 sentences - [longest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longest/) — Longest means more long than all the others, from one end to the other. — 11 sentences - [longevity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longevity/) — Longevity means living a long life: «Tortoises are famous for their longevity». — 11 sentences - [longing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longing/) — A longing is a strong wish for something you want very much. — 4 sentences - [longingly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longingly/) — In a way that shows you want something very much, often something you cannot have. — 8 sentences - [longitude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longitude/) — The distance east or west of an imaginary line through Greenwich, London, measured in degrees from 0° to 180°. — 8 sentences - [longlegs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longlegs/) — Usually part of «daddy longlegs»: a name for long-legged creatures. In the UK, Ireland and Australia it often means the crane fly; in the… — 8 sentences - [longship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longship/) — A long, narrow wooden ship with oars and a square sail, used by the Vikings for raiding, trading and exploring. — 7 sentences - [loo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loo/) — The loo is the toilet, or the room with the toilet. — 9 sentences - [look](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/look/) — To look is to turn your eyes to see something: look at the board. — 18 sentences - [looker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/looker/) — A looker is a person who watches something without taking part; a looker-on is the same. — 4 sentences - [lookout](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lookout/) — A lookout is a person who keeps watch for danger or for someone coming. — 15 sentences - [loom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loom/) — A machine or frame for weaving thread into cloth. — 12 sentences - [loon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loon/) — A large water bird of North America and northern Europe with a haunting call, good at diving for fish (called a diver in the UK). — 10 sentences - [looney](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/looney/) — Looney means crazy or very silly. — 9 sentences - [loonie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loonie/) — A Canadian one-dollar coin, which has a loon (a water bird) on it. — 10 sentences - [loony](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loony/) — A crazy or very silly person. — 9 sentences - [loop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loop/) — A loop is a shape like a circle made by a line, string or path that bends round and crosses or joins itself. — 13 sentences - [loophole](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loophole/) — A loophole is a narrow slit in a castle or fort wall, through which archers could shoot. — 5 sentences - [loose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loose/) — Loose means not tight: loose clothes, a loose belt. — 15 sentences - [loosely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loosely/) — Not tightly: «Tie the rope loosely». — 10 sentences - [loosen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loosen/) — To make something less tight, firm or fixed: «loosen your belt», «loosen a screw». — 10 sentences - [loosestrife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loosestrife/) — A tall wild plant that grows by rivers, ponds and in damp places; purple loosestrife has spikes of bright purple-pink flowers, and yellow… — 7 sentences - [loot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loot/) — Things that are stolen, especially by robbers or soldiers, or treasure that is taken. — 11 sentences - [lop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lop/) — To lop is to cut off with one swift stroke, such as a branch or a head. — 4 sentences - [lope](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lope/) — To lope is to run with long, easy, springing steps. — 5 sentences - [lopsided](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lopsided/) — Lopsided means leaning to one side, with one side bigger, lower or heavier than the other. — 8 sentences - [lord](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lord/) — A lord is a man of high rank, especially a noble in the UK, and the title for such a man (Lord Smith). — 11 sentences - [lordly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lordly/) — Lordly means grand, proud and splendid, as a lord would be. — 4 sentences - [lordship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lordship/) — A lordship is the rank or title of a lord. — 5 sentences - [lore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lore/) — Lore is knowledge and stories handed down by a people, such as folk tales and customs. — 5 sentences - [lorikeet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorikeet/) — A lorikeet is a small, very brightly coloured parrot from Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, which feeds on nectar and pollen from… — 7 sentences - [lorry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lorry/) — A lorry is a big vehicle for carrying goods on roads; in America and Canada it is called a truck. — 11 sentences - [lory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lory/) — A small, brightly coloured parrot from Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, with a brush-tipped tongue for eating nectar and pollen f… — 9 sentences - [lose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lose/) — To lose is to no longer have something, often by mistake: lose a glove. — 14 sentences - [loser](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loser/) — A person or team that loses a game, race or competition. — 11 sentences - [loss](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loss/) — Loss is when you lose something or someone, or have less of it. — 12 sentences - [losses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/losses/) — soldiers or people killed (and sometimes wounded) in war or a disaster. — 10 sentences - [lot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lot/) — A lot or lots means a large number or a large amount: a lot of people, lots of water. — 15 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/page/6/)