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# lye

«lye» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very strong chemical, an alkali, used to make soap and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (lye, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lye is a very strong chemical, an alkali, used to make soap and to clean drains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#m1)

2) Lye can burn skin and eyes badly, so it is dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#m2)

3) In old Slavic words, lye meant a forest, as in the wood-demon named Lyeshy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and history lessons about how soap was made from fat and lye; in safety lessons it is a household danger that must be locked away. Phrases: «lye soap», «caustic lye».

### examples

- People once made soap from animal fat and lye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#x1)
- Lye is so strong it can burn your skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#x2)
- Drain cleaners often contain lye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#x3)
- Never touch lye without gloves and goggles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#x4)
- Lye is used to make pretzels shiny and brown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#x5)
- Pioneers made lye from wood ash and water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#x6)
- Keep lye locked away from children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#x7)
- Lye is an alkali, the opposite of an acid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#x8)
- The name Leshy or Lyeshy is derived from lyes, a forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/#x9)

### note

Uncountable. Homophone: «lye» sounds the same as «lie» (to say something untrue, or to rest flat). Safety: if lye touches skin, rinse with lots of water and tell an adult straight away.

### In the corpora

- [Long ago people made soap by boiling fat with lye from wood ash, a very harsh alkali, so not a kitchen experiment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lye» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lye/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.