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title: L — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6
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# L — The school dictionary · page 6

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- [loth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loth/) — Loth means unwilling or reluctant to do something. — 4 sentences
- [lotion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lotion/) — A lotion is a thick liquid or cream you rub on your skin to protect it, soften it or treat it. — 9 sentences
- [lots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lots/) — «Lots» or «lots of» means a large number or amount: «lots of friends», «lots of water». — 12 sentences
- [lottery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lottery/) — A lottery is a game where people buy numbered tickets and winners are picked by chance to get money or prizes. — 9 sentences
- [lotto](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lotto/) — A lottery game: people buy tickets with numbers, and if their numbers are drawn they win money. — 10 sentences
- [lotus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lotus/) — A lotus is a water plant with large round leaves and big pink or white flowers that rise above the water in ponds and lakes, mostly in Asia. — 11 sentences
- [loud](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loud/) — Loud means making a big sound that is easy to hear. — 14 sentences
- [loudly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loudly/) — In a loud way; making a lot of noise or with a strong voice so it can be heard far away. — 10 sentences
- [loudness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loudness/) — How loud a sound is; the strength of a sound that we hear. — 7 sentences
- [loudspeaker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loudspeaker/) — A device that turns electrical signals into sound and makes voices or music louder, so many people can hear. — 8 sentences
- [lough](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lough/) — A lough is a lake or a long, narrow arm of the sea in Ireland, like a Scottish loch. — 8 sentences
- [lounge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lounge/) — A lounge is a comfortable room in a house where people sit and relax; a living room or sitting room. — 11 sentences
- [louse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/louse/) — A tiny insect without wings that lives on the skin or hair of people or animals and feeds on blood; plural «lice». — 11 sentences
- [lout](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lout/) — A lout is a rude, clumsy, stupid young man who behaves badly. — 4 sentences
- [louvre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/louvre/) — The Louvre is a famous art museum in Paris, France, in an old royal palace; it is home to the «Mona Lisa» (a name). — 9 sentences
- [lovable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovable/) — Lovable means easy to love, sweet and kind, so that people like you. — 4 sentences
- [love](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/love/) — To care very deeply about someone, like family or close friends. — 14 sentences
- [loveliness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loveliness/) — Loveliness is great beauty, the quality of being lovely. — 4 sentences
- [lovely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/) — Very nice, pleasant or beautiful. — 12 sentences
- [lover](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lover/) — A lover of something is a person who likes it very much: an animal lover, a book lover, a music lover. — 9 sentences
- [lovesick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovesick/) — Lovesick means so much in love, often with someone who does not love you back, that you feel sad, dreamy and cannot think of anything else. — 7 sentences
- [lovingly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovingly/) — Lovingly means in a way that shows love and care. — 9 sentences
- [low](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/low/) — Not high: close to the ground or the bottom (a low wall, a low shelf). — 16 sentences
- [lower](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lower/) — Lower means less high, closer to the ground, or at the bottom of something. — 13 sentences
- [lowermost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowermost/) — Lowest; at the very bottom of a set of things. — 10 sentences
- [lowest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/) — Lowest means the least high, nearest the ground or the bottom. The lowest shelf is the one nearest the floor. — 14 sentences
- [lowland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowland/) — Flat land that is low, not much higher than the sea. — 11 sentences
- [lowly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowly/) — Lowly means humble, low in rank or position. — 4 sentences
- [loyal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loyal/) — Always supporting and caring about a friend, family, team or country, and not letting them down. — 8 sentences
- [loyally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loyally/) — In a faithful way, staying on someone's side and not letting them down. — 9 sentences
- [loyalty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loyalty/) — Loyalty is being faithful and supportive to a person, group, team or country, and sticking with them. — 11 sentences
- [lu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lu/) — «Lù» means road or way (路), as in «yi lu ping an» (have a safe journey); «lǜ» means green (绿); «Lu» is also a common Chinese surname. — 9 sentences
- [lubber](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lubber/) — A lubber is a clumsy, slow, awkward person. — 5 sentences
- [lubricate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lubricate/) — To put oil, grease or another slippery stuff on parts of a machine so they move smoothly and do not rub or wear out. — 11 sentences
- [lucifer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lucifer/) — A lucifer is an early kind of match that lit when scraped on a rough surface. Not the same as the name Lucifer, the devil. — 5 sentences
- [luck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luck/) — Luck is when good or bad things happen by chance, not because of what you did. — 12 sentences
- [luckily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckily/) — By good luck; it is lucky that... (used to show something good happened by chance). — 9 sentences
- [luckless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luckless/) — Unlucky; having bad fortune, often through no fault of one's own. — 4 sentences
- [lucky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lucky/) — Having good things happen by chance, not because of what you did. — 10 sentences
- [lucrative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lucrative/) — Bringing in a lot of money; profitable and well paid. — 4 sentences
- [lug](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lug/) — To lug is to carry or drag something heavy with great effort. — 5 sentences
- [luggage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luggage/) — Luggage is the bags and suitcases you take with you when you travel. — 9 sentences
- [lukewarm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lukewarm/) — Only slightly warm; not hot and not cold: «lukewarm water». — 9 sentences
- [lull](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lull/) — To lull is to soothe someone into calm or sleep, often with soft sounds. — 5 sentences
- [lullaby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/) — A lullaby is a soft, gentle song sung to help a baby or small child fall asleep. — 9 sentences
- [lumber](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumber/) — Lumber is timber, wood cut and ready for building. — 6 sentences
- [lumbering](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumbering/) — Moving slowly and heavily, in a clumsy way, like an elephant or a big tired bear. — 12 sentences
- [luminescence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminescence/) — Luminescence is light given off by something that is not hot, for example glow-in-the-dark stickers, fireflies or some deep-sea fish. — 7 sentences
- [luminosity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminosity/) — How much light something gives out; its brightness. — 10 sentences
- [luminous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luminous/) — Luminous means giving out light or glowing, especially in the dark («luminous paint», «a luminous watch»). — 11 sentences
- [lump](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/) — A lump is a small solid piece of something with no clear shape, like a lump of sugar, clay or coal. — 14 sentences
- [lumpy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumpy/) — Lumpy means full of lumps, not smooth. — 8 sentences
- [lunacy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunacy/) — Lunacy is great foolishness or madness, an act that makes no sense. (Old-fashioned word for madness.). — 5 sentences
- [lunar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunar/) — Lunar means to do with the Moon. — 11 sentences
- [lunatic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunatic/) — A person who behaves in a wild, silly or dangerous way: «He drives like a lunatic». — 11 sentences
- [lunch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunch/) — Lunch is the meal you eat in the middle of the day. — 14 sentences
- [luncheon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/) — A luncheon is a lunch, especially a formal one for a group or special event. — 9 sentences
- [lunchroom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchroom/) — A lunchroom is a room in a school or workplace where people eat lunch. — 7 sentences
- [lunchtime](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchtime/) — Lunchtime is the time in the middle of the day when people eat lunch. — 9 sentences
- [lung](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lung/) — The lungs are the two organs inside your chest that you breathe with; they take oxygen from the air into your blood and let carbon dioxide… — 10 sentences
- [lunge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/) — To move forward suddenly and with force, often to grab or attack something. — 13 sentences
- [lungfish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lungfish/) — A lungfish is a freshwater fish that can breathe air with lungs as well as with gills. — 8 sentences
- [lunisolar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunisolar/) — Based on both the Moon and the Sun. A lunisolar calendar uses months that follow the Moon and adds extra months now and then to keep in st… — 7 sentences
- [lunula](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunula/) — The white half-moon shape at the bottom of a fingernail or toenail. — 8 sentences
- [lurch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lurch/) — To move suddenly and unsteadily, like a bus that jolts or a person who nearly falls. — 10 sentences
- [lure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lure/) — To persuade or trick a person or animal to come somewhere, usually by offering something they want. — 11 sentences
- [lurk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lurk/) — To lurk is to stay hidden, waiting quietly, often to attack or spy. — 4 sentences
- [luscious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luscious/) — Very sweet, juicy and tasty, especially of fruit. — 5 sentences
- [lush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lush/) — Lush plants or places are green, thick and growing well: «lush grass», «a lush rainforest». — 11 sentences
- [lust](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lust/) — A strong, greedy desire for something, such as money or power. — 5 sentences
- [lustily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lustily/) — With great energy and strength, loudly and heartily. — 4 sentences
- [lustre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lustre/) — Lustre is a soft, shining glow on a surface, like the shine on pearls, silk, metal or healthy hair. — 10 sentences
- [lustrous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lustrous/) — Shining softly and brightly, with a smooth glowing surface, like pearls, silk or healthy hair. — 11 sentences
- [lusty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lusty/) — Strong, healthy and full of energy. — 5 sentences
- [lute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lute/) — A lute is an old stringed musical instrument with a pear-shaped body and a bent-back neck, played by plucking the strings with the fingers. — 9 sentences
- [luxuriance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luxuriance/) — Rich, thick and plentiful growth; great abundance. — 4 sentences
- [luxuriant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luxuriant/) — Growing thickly, strongly and richly; lush and plentiful. — 4 sentences
- [luxurious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luxurious/) — Luxurious means very comfortable, rich and costly, with fine things to enjoy. — 5 sentences
- [luxury](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luxury/) — Luxury is great comfort and expensive, beautiful things. — 10 sentences
- [lycopene](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lycopene/) — Lycopene is a natural red colouring found in tomatoes, watermelon and pink grapefruit. — 8 sentences
- [lye](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/) — Lye is a very strong chemical, an alkali, used to make soap and to clean drains. — 12 sentences
- [lying](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lying/) — Lying means resting flat on something, like lying in bed or a book lying on a table. — 13 sentences
- [lymph](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lymph/) — Lymph is a clear, watery fluid that moves around the body in thin tubes and carries white blood cells that fight germs. — 7 sentences
- [lynx](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lynx/) — A lynx is a wild cat of medium size with tufts of black fur on the tips of its ears, a short tail and big furry paws. It lives in forests… — 9 sentences
- [lyre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyre/) — An old stringed instrument, rather like a small harp, with a U-shaped frame; it was played in ancient Greece. — 4 sentences
- [lyrebird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrebird/) — A large Australian bird that lives on the forest floor; the male has a long tail shaped like a lyre (an old harp) and is famous for copyin… — 6 sentences
- [lyric](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyric/) — The words of a song. — 11 sentences
- [lyrical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrical/) — Beautiful and full of feeling, like a song or a poem: «a lyrical description of the sea». — 11 sentences

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