Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 30
Lid (n.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.
Lid (n.) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.
Lidded (a.) Covered with a lid.
Lidge (n.) Same as Ledge.
Lidless (a.) Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.
Lie (n.) See Lye.
Lie (n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
The proper notion of a lie is an endeavoring to deceive another by signifying that to him as true, which we ourselves think not to be so. -- S. Clarke.
It is willful deceit that makes a lie. A man may act a lie, as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction when a traveler inquires of him his road. -- Paley.
Lie (n.) A fiction; a fable; an untruth. -- Dryden.
Lie (n.) Anything which misleads or disappoints.
Wishing this lie of life was o'er. -- Trench.
To give the lie to. (a) To charge with falsehood; as, the man gave him the lie.
To give the lie to. (b) To reveal to be false; as, a man's actions may give the lie to his words.
White lie, A euphemism for such lies as one finds it convenient to tell, and excuses himself for telling.
Syn: Untruth; falsehood; fiction; deception.
Usage: Lie, Untruth. A man may state what is untrue from ignorance or misconception; hence, to impute an untruth to one is not necessarily the same as charging him with a lie. Every lie is an untruth, but not every untruth is a lie. Cf. Falsity.
Lied (imp. & p. p.) of Lie.
Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie.
Lie (v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
Lay (imp.) of Lie.
Lain (p. p.) of Lie.
Lien () of Lie.
Lying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie.
Lie (v. i.) To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes. -- Dryden.
Lie (v. i.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
Lie (v. i.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
Lie (v. i.) To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances. -- Collier.
He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen. -- Locke.
Lie (v. i.) To lodge; to sleep.
Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . . where I lay one night only. -- Evelyn.
Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. -- Dickens.
Lie (v. i.) To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
The wind is loud and will not lie. -- Shak.
Lie (v. i.) (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained. "An appeal lies in this case." -- Parsons.
Note: Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay and lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its preterit laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I laid it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay down. Some persons blunder by using laid for the preterit of lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit of lay, and not of lie.
To lie along the shore (Naut.), To coast, keeping land in sight.
To lie at the door of, To be imputable to; as, the sin, blame, etc., lies at your door.
To lie at the heart, To be an object of affection, desire, or anxiety. -- Sir W. Temple.
To lie at the mercy of, To be in the power of.
To lie by. (a) To remain with; to be at hand; as, he has the manuscript lying by him.
To lie by. (b) To rest; to intermit labor; as, we lay by during the heat of the day.
To lie hard or To lie heavy, To press or weigh; to bear hard.
To lie in, To be in childbed; to bring forth young.
To lie in one, To be in the power of; to belong to. "As much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." -- Rom.
xii. 18.
To lie in the way, To be an obstacle or impediment.
To
lie in wait, To
wait in concealment; to lie in ambush.
To lie on or To lie upon. (a) To depend on; as, his life
lies on the result.
To lie on or To lie upon (b) To bear, rest, press, or weigh on.
To lie low, To remain in concealment or inactive. [Slang]
To lie on hand, To lie on one's hands, To remain unsold or unused; as, the goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much time lying on their hands.
To lie on the head of, To be imputed to.
What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it lie on my head. -- Shak.
To lie over. (a) To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due, as a note in bank.
To lie over. (b) To be deferred to some future occasion, as a resolution in a public deliberative body.
To lie to (Naut.), To stop or delay; especially, to head as near the wind as possible as being the position of
greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. To bring to, under Bring.
To lie under, To be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed by.
To lie with. (a) To lodge or sleep with.
To lie with. (b) To have sexual intercourse with.
To lie with. (c) To belong to; as, it lies with you to make amends.
Lie (n.) The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country. -- J. H. Newman.
He surveyed with his own eyes . . . the lie of the country on the side towards Thrace. -- Jowett (Thucyd.). Lieberkuhn
Lie (n.) A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth [syn: lie, prevarication].
Lie (n.) Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) [syn: Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie].
Lie (n.) Position or manner in which something is situated.
Lie (v.) Be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position.
Lie (v.) Be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" [ant: sit, sit down, stand, stand up].
Lie (v.) Originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" [syn: dwell, consist, lie, lie in].
Lie (v.) Be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant".
Lie (v.) Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29".
Lie (v.) Have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" [syn: lie, rest].
Lie (v.) Assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" [syn: lie down, lie] [ant: arise, get up, rise, stand up, uprise].
Lieberkuhn (n.) A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.
Lieberkuhn's glands () The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkuhn.
Lieder (n. pl. ) of Lied.
Lied (n.) A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national.
Liedertafel (n.) A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.
Lief (n.) Same as Lif.
Lief (n.) Dear; beloved.
Lief (n.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.
Lief (adv.) Willing; disposed.
Lief (n.) A dear one; a sweetheart.
Lief (adv.) Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not.
Lief (adv.) Soon, gladly.
Liefsome (a.) Pleasing; delightful.
Liegance (n.) Same as Ligeance.
Liege (a.) 有權受臣服的；有臣服義務的 Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.
Liege (a.) Full; perfect; complete; pure.
Liege (n.) （封建時代的）君主，王侯；臣僕，臣民 [P1] A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
Liege (n.) The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
Liegemen (n. pl. ) of Liegeman.
Liegeman (n.) 臣子；忠誠的追隨者 Same as Liege, n., 2.
Lieger (n.) A resident ambassador.
Liegiancy (n.) See Ligeance.
Lie in sth (UK) (- Phrasal verb with lie) (v.) 存在於；在於 To exist or be found in something.
// His skill lies in his ability to communicate quite complex ideas very simply.
// The play's interest lies in the questions it raises about sexuality.
Lien (obs. p. p.) of Lie. See Lain.
Lien (n.) A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.
Lienal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.
Lienculi (n. pl. ) of Lienculus.
Lienculus (n.) One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.
Lieno-intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog.
Lienteric (a.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a lientery.
Lienteric (n.) A lientery.
Lientery (n.) A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change.
Lier (n.) One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.
Lierne rib () In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.
Lieu (n.) Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.
Lieutenancy (n.) The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.
Lieutenancy (n.) The body of lieutenants or subordinates.
Lieutenant (n.) [C]（（美國）陸軍（或空軍，海軍陸戰隊）中尉，少尉；（英國）陸軍（或海軍陸戰隊）中尉；海軍上尉；代理官員；副職官員，助理官員 An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.
The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or lieutenant of God. -- Abp. Bramhall.
Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
Note: Lieutenant is often used, either adjectively or in hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next below another, especially when the duties of the higher officer may devolve upon the lower one; as, lieutenant general, or lieutenant-general; lieutenant colonel, or lieutenant-colonel; lieutenant governor, etc.
Deputy lieutenant, The title of any one of the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county. [Eng.]
Lieutenant colonel, An army officer next in rank above major, and below colonel.
Lieutenant commander, An officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.
Lieutenant general. See in Vocabulary.
Lieutenant governor. An officer of a State, being next in rank to the governor, and in case of the death or resignation of the latter, himself acting as governor. [U. S.]
Lieutenant governor. A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies under a governor general. [Eng.]
Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned military officer.
Lieutenant (n.) An officer in a police force [syn: {lieutenant}, {police lieutenant}].
Lieutenant (n.) An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent [syn: {deputy}, {lieutenant}].
Lieutenant (n.) An officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade.
Lieutenant () (Only in A.V. Esther 3:12; 8:9; 9:3; Ezra 8:36), A governor or viceroy of a Persian province having both military and civil power. Correctly rendered in the Revised Version "satrap."
Lieutenant () This word has now a narrower meaning than it formerly had; its true meaning is a deputy, a substitute, from the French lieu, (place or post) and tenant (holder). Among civil officers we have lieutenant governors, who in certain cases perform the duties of governors; (vide, the names of the several states,) lieutenants of police, &c. Among military men, lieutenant general was formerly the title of a commanding general, but now it signifies the degree above major general. Lieutenant colonel, is the officer between the colonel and the major. Lieutenant simply signifies the officer next below a captain. In the navy, a lieutenant is the second officer next in command to the captain of a ship.
Lieutenant (n.) [ C ] (Also Lieutenant) (The title of) 中尉 An officer of middle rank in the armed forces.
// First/ second lieutenant.
// He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
// Lieutenant Woods/ Charles Woods.
// [ As form of address ] Yes, Lieutenant.
Lieutenant general (n.) 中將 An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.
Note: In the United States, before the civil war, this rank had been conferred only on George Washington and (in brevet) on Winfield Scott. In 1864 it was revived by Congress and conferred on Ulysses S. Grant, and subsequently, by promotion, on William T. Sherman and Philip H. Sheridan, each of whom was advanced to the rank of general of the army. When Sheridan was made general (in 1888) the rank of lieutenant general was suffered to lapse. See General.
Lieutenant general (n.) A general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general.
Lieutenantry (n.) See Lieutenancy.
Lieutenantship (n.) Same as Lieutenancy, 1.
Lieve (a.) Same as Lief.
Lif (n.) The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.
Lives (n. pl. ) of Life.
Life (n.) The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms.
Life (n.) Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life.
Life (n.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual.
Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government.
Life (n.) A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.
Life (n.) Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.
Life (n.) That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise.
Life (n.) The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life.
Life (n.) A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed.
Life (n.) The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively.
Life (n.) An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood.
Life (n.) A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.
Life (n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity.
Life (n.) Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.
Lifeblood (n.) The blood necessary to life; vital blood.
Lifeblood (n.) Fig.: That which gives strength and energy.
Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.
Lifeful (a.) Full of vitality.
Life-giving (a.) Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.
Lifeguard (n.) [C]【美】（海上或游泳池的）救生員；警衛，衛兵 An attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents [syn: {lifeguard}, {lifesaver}].
Lifeguard (n.) [ C ] 救生員 A person on a beach or at a swimming pool whose job is to make certain that the swimmers are safe and save them if they are in danger.
Lifehold (n.) Land held by a life estate.
Lifeless (a.) 無生命的，死的；無生物的；無生氣的，枯燥無味的 Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story. -- Life"less*ly, adv. -- Life"less*ness, n.
Syn: Dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive; dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless; vapid; flat; tasteless.
Usage: Lifeless, Dull, Inanimate, Dead. In a moral sense, lifeless denotes a lack of vital energy; inanimate, a lack of expression as to any feeling that may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which checks all mental activity; dead supposes a destitution of feeling. A person is said to be lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had; he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of his nature.
Lifeless (a.) Deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body" [syn: lifeless, exanimate].
Lifeless (a.) Destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings; "after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly".
Lifeless (a.) Lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived".
Lifeless (a.) Not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet".
Lifelessness (n.) 枯燥無味；無生命See lifeless.
‘Although the colour and perm may lighten your face, hair care poses a big problem to many women, for constant setting, colouring and blow-drying may easily result in dryness, dullness and lifelessness.’
Lifelike (a.) Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait.
Lifelong (a.) Lasting or continuing through life.
Lifely (a.) In a lifelike manner.
Lifemate (n.) Companion for life.
Lifen (v. t.) To enliven.
Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water.
Lifesaver (n.) 救命者；水難救生員；濟急的人 An attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents [syn: {lifeguard}, {lifesaver}].
Lifesaver (n.) A life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material [syn: {life buoy}, {lifesaver}, {life belt}, {life ring}].
Life-saving (a.) That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.
Life-size (a.) Of full size; of the natural size.
Lifesome (a.) 生動的 Animated; sprightly. [Poetic] -- Coleridge. -- Life"some*ness, n.