Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 51
Lote (n.) (Zool.) The European burbot.
Lote (v. i.) To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Lothly; Loth
Loth (a.) Alt. of Lothsome
Lothly (a.) Alt. of Lothsome
Lothsome (a.) See Loath, Loathly, etc.
Loth (a.) Strongly opposed. [predicate]
Syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(predicate), averse to(predicate), indisposed(predicate), loath(predicate), opposed.
Loth (a.) Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake" [syn: loath, loth, reluctant].
Loth (a.) (Usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request" [syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)].
Lothario (n.) A gay seducer of women; a libertine.
Lothario (n.) A successful womanizer; a who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women.
Lotion (n.) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.
Lotion (n.) A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.
Lotion (n.) Any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin.
Lotion (n.) Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin" [syn: lotion, application].
Loto (n.) See Lotto.
Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards or tickets, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance.
The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. In some systems, lesser prizes are awarded for having some but not all of the numbers selected, such as four or five numbers in a six-number drawing. A variety of lotto is called keno. In another variety, the player chooses the numbers for the card or ticket s/he holds. There may be from three to seven different numbers on a card or ticket. In a modern computerized lotto system conducted by state authorities, the player chooses numbers, or allows the computer to choose numbers at random, which are then printed on a ticket that the player holds until the winning number is selected. [Often written loto.]
Lotong (n.) (Zool.) An East Indian monkey ({Semnopithecus femoralis).
Lotophagi (n. pl.) (Class. Myth.) A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater.
Lotos (n.) [NL.] (Bot.) See Lotus.
Lotus (n.) (Bot.) (a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymph[ae]a Lotus and Nymph[ae]a c[ae]rulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.
Lotus (n.) (Bot.) (b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain ({Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.
Lotus (n.) (Bot.) (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.
Lotus (n.) (Bot.) (d) A genus ({Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also lotos.]
European lotus, A small tree ({Diospyros Lotus"> European lotus, a small tree ({Diospyros Lotus) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, Its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the date plum.
Lotus (n.) (Arch.) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily. Lotus-eater Language Of Temporal Ordering Specification
ISO 8807
LOTOS
(LOTOS) A formal specification language based on temporal ordering used for protocol specfication in ISO OSI standards. It is published as ISO 8807 in 1990 and describes the order in which events occur.
["The Formal Description Technique LOTOS", P.H.J. van Eijk et al eds, N-H 1989].
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Lotteries (n. pl. ) of Lottery
Lottery (n.) 彩券，獎券，彩票；摸彩，抽籤 [C]；運氣，難算計的事 [S] A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.
Note: The laws of the United States and of most of the States make private lotteries illegal, except in certain circumstances for charitable institutions; however, many of the states now conduct lotteries tehmselves as a revenue source.
Lottery (n.) Allotment; thing allotted. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Lottery (n.) Something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them".
Lottery (n.) Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots [syn: lottery, drawing].
Lottery, () A scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance.
Lottery, () In most, if not all of the United States, lotteries not specially authorized by the legislatures of the respective states are prohibited, and the persons concerned in establishing them are subjected to a heavy penalty. This is the case in Alabama, Connecticut Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. In Louisiana, a license is granted to sell tickets in a lottery not authorized by the legislature of that state, on the payment of $5000, and the license extends only to one lottery. In many of the states, the lotteries authorized by other states, are absolutely prohibited Encycl. Amer. h.t.
Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards or tickets, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. In some systems, lesser prizes are awarded for having some but not all of the numbers selected, such as four or five numbers in a six-number drawing. A variety of lotto is called keno. In another variety, the player chooses the numbers for the card or ticket s/he holds. There may be from three to seven different numbers on a card or ticket. In a modern computerized lotto system conducted by state authorities, the player chooses numbers, or allows the computer to choose numbers at random, which are then printed on a ticket that the player holds until the winning number is selected. [Often written loto.]
Lotto (n.) A game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards [syn: lotto, bingo, beano, keno].
Loture (n.) See Lotion. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Lotus (n.) (Bot.) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.
Lotus (n.) (Bot.) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain ({Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.
Lotus (n.) (Bot.) The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.
Lotus (n.) (Bot.) A genus ({Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also lotos.]
European lotus, A small tree ({Diospyros Lotus"> European lotus, a small tree ({Diospyros Lotus) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, Its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the date plum.
Lotus (n.) (Arch.) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily. Lotus-eater
Lotus (n.) Native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers [syn: lotus, Indian lotus, sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera].
Lotus (n.) Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs [syn: Lotus, genus Lotus].
Lotus (n.) White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians [syn: lotus, white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus].
Lotus-eater (n.) Alt. of Lotos-eater
Lotos-eater (n.) (Class. Myth.)
One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi.
The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters. -- Tennyson.
Lotus-eater (n.) Someone indifferent to the busy world; "in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence" [syn: lotus-eater, stargazer].
Louche (a.) 邪惡的 Of questionable taste, decency, or morality; not reputable; as, a louche nightclub; a louche painting.
Syn: shady.
Louche (a.) Of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting" [syn: louche, shady].
Louchettes (n. pl.) Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front. -- Knight.
Loud (adv.) With loudness; loudly.
To speak loud in public assemblies. -- Addison.
Loud (a.) Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder.
They were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. -- Luke xxiii. 23.
Loud (a.) Clamorous; boisterous.
She is loud and stubborn. -- Prov. vii. 11.
Loud (a.) Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort. [Colloq.]
Loud (a.) Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors. [Slang]
Syn: Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous; turbulent; blustering; vehement.
Loud (adv.) With relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, loud, aloud] [ant: quietly, softly].
Loud (a.) Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones" [ant: soft].
Loud (a.) Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy].
Loud (a.) Used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition" [syn: forte, loud] [ant: piano, soft].
Loudful (a.) Noisy. [Obs.] -- Marsion.
Loudly (adv.) In a loud manner. -- Denham.
Loudly (adv.) With relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, loud, aloud] [ant: quietly, softly].
Loudly (adv.) In manner that attracts attention; "obstreperously, he demanded to get service" [syn: obstreperously, loudly, clamorously].
Loudly (adv.) Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly [syn: forte, loudly] [ant: piano, softly].
Loud-mouthed (a.) Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent or offensive.
Loud-mouthed (a.) Given to loud offensive talk.
Loudness (n.) The quality or state of being loud.
Loudness (n.) The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume" [syn: volume, loudness, intensity] [ant: softness].
Loudness (n.) Tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz].
Loud-voiced (a.) Having a loud voice; speaking with a loud voice; noisy; clamorous. -- Byron.
Loud-voiced (a.) Having an unusually loud voice.
Lough (n.) A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.
Lough (obs. strong imp.) of Laugh. -- Chaucer.
Lough (n.) A long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland.
Lough (n.) Irish word for a lake.
Louis d'or () Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640. Louisianan
Louis quatorze () Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of France; as, Louis quatorze architecture.
Louk (n.) An accomplice; a "pal." [Obs.]
There is no thief without a louk. -- Chaucer.
Lounged (imp. & p. p.) of Lounge.
Lounging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lounge.
Lounge (v. i.) To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics. -- J. Hannay.
Lounge (n.) An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.
She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop served as a fashionable lounge. -- Miss Edgeworth.
Lounge (n.) A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.
Lounge (n.) An upholstered seat for more than one person [syn: sofa, couch, lounge].
Lounge (n.) A room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait [syn: lounge, waiting room, waiting area].
Lounge (v.) Sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa."
Lounge (v.) Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around].
Lounger (n.) One who lounges; ar idler.
Lounger (n.) Someone who wastes time [syn: dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger].
Lounger (n.) An armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it [syn: recliner, reclining chair, lounger].
Lounger (n.) An article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear.
Compare: Loop
Loop (n.) (Iron Works) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. [Written also loup.]
Compare: Loups
Loups (n. pl.; sing. Loup.) (Ethnol.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.
Loup (n.) (Iron Works) See 1st Loop.
Loup -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000): 712
Housing Units (2000): 377
Land area (2000): 569.708832 sq. miles (1475.539038 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.308101 sq. miles (3.387965 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 571.016933 sq. miles (1478.927003 sq. km)
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.870216 N, 99.418360 W
Headwords:
Loup
Loup, NE
Loup County
Loup County, NE
Loup-cervier (n.) (Zool.) The Canada lynx. See Lynx.
Compare: Spitz dog
Spitz dog, () (Zool.) A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup.
Loup-loup (n.) [F.] (Zool.) The Pomeranian or Spitz dog.
Compare: Pawnees
Pawnees (prop. n. pl.; sing. Pawnee.) (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now (1890) live mostly in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani. Pawner
Loups (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.
Lour (n.) (Zool.) An Asiatic sardine ({Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.
Lour (v.) Set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" [syn: lower, lour].
Lour (v.) Make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio" [syn: turn down, lower, lour].
Lour (v.) Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval [syn: frown, glower, lour, lower].
Louri (n.) (Zool.) See Lory.
Lice (n. pl. ) of Louse. Licenced; licence
Louse (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe ({Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man ({Pediculus capitis), the body louse (Pediculus vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.
Louse (n.) Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.
Louse (n.) Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.
Louse (n.) Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.
Note: The term is also applied to various other parasites; as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse.
Louse fly (Zool.), A parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee louse.
Louse mite (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of mites which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like lice. They belong to Myobia, Dermaleichus, Mycoptes, and several other genera.
Compare: Lice
Lice, () (Heb. kinnim), the creatures employed in the third plague sent upon Egypt (Ex. 8:16-18). They were miraculously produced from the dust of the land. "The entomologists Kirby and Spence place these minute but disgusting insects in the very front rank of those which inflict injury upon man. A terrible list of examples they have collected of the ravages of this and closely allied parasitic pests." The plague of lice is referred to in Ps. 105:31.
Some have supposed that the word denotes not lice properly, but gnats. Others, with greater probability, take it to mean the "tick" which is much larger than lice.
Louse (v. t.) To clean from lice. "You sat and loused him." -- Swift.
Louse (n.) Wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals [syn: louse, sucking louse].
Louse (n.) A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect [syn: worm, louse, insect, dirt ball].
Louse (n.) Any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants [syn: plant louse, louse].
Louse (n.) Wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds [syn: bird louse, biting louse, louse].
Lousewort (n.) (Bot.) Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.
Yellow lousewort, A plant of the genus Rhinanthus.
Lousily (adv.) In a lousy manner; in a mean, paltry manner; scurvily. [Vulgar]
Lousiness (n.) The state or quality of being lousy.
Lousy (a.) Infested with lice.
Lousy (a.) Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [informal]
Such lousy learning as this is. -- Bale.
Lousy (a.) Very bad; as, to feel lousy; to do a lousy job.
Lousy (a.) Very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn: icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky].
Lousy (a.) Infested with lice; "burned their lousy clothes."
Lousy (a.) Vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" [syn: dirty, filthy, lousy].
Lout (n.) A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Lout (v. t.) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Lout (v. i.) To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] -- Chaucer. -- Longfellow.
He fair the knight saluted, louting low. -- Spenser.
Lout (n.) An awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk].
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Loutish (a.) 笨拙的；粗野的 Clownish; rude; awkward. "Loutish clown." -- Sir P. Sidney. -- Lout"ish*ly, adv. -- Lout"ish*ness, n.
Loutish (a.) Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" [syn: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish].
Loutou (n.) (Zool.) A crested black monkey ({Semnopithecus maurus) of Java.
Louver (n.) Alt. of Louvre.
Louvre (n.) (Arch.) A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a). [Written also lover, loover, lovery, and luffer.]
Louvre (n.) Same as louver boards, below.
Louvre (n.) A set of slats resembling louver boards, arranged in a vertical row and attached at each slat end to a frame inserted in or part of a door or window; the slats may be made of wood, plastic, or metal, and the angle of inclination of the slats may be adjustable simultaneously, to allow more or less light or air into the enclosure.
Louver boards or Louver boarding, The sloping boards set to shed rainwater outward in openings which are to be left otherwise unfilled; as belfry windows, the openings of a louver, etc.
Louver work, Slatted work.
Louver (n.) To supply with louvers.
Louver (n.) One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain [syn: louver, louvre, fin].
Lovable (a.) Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.
Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat. -- Tennyson.
Lovable (a.) Having characteristics that attract love or affection; "a mischievous but lovable child" [syn: lovable, loveable] [ant: hateful].
Lovage (n.) (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.
Lovage (n.) Herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds [syn: lovage, Levisticum officinale].
Lovage (n.) Stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers.
Love (n.) A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.
Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love
Most sacred, most Thine own. -- Keble.
Love (n.) Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.
He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. -- Milton.
Love (n.) Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
Demetrius . . .
Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, And won her soul. -- Shak.
Love (n.) Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object.
Love, and health to all. -- Shak.
Smit with the love of sacred song. -- Milton.
The love of science faintly warmed his breast. -- Fenton.
Love (n.) Due gratitude and reverence to God.
Keep yourselves in the love of God. -- Jude 21.
Love (n.) The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest love was reading. "Trust me, love." -- Dryden.
Open the temple gates unto my love. -- Spenser.
Love (n.) Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus. Such was his form as painters, when they show
Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. -- Dryden.
Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love. -- Shak.
Love (n.) A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Love (n.) (Bot.) A climbing species of C{lematis ({Clematis Vitalba).
Love (n.) Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc.
He won the match by three sets to love. -- The Field.
Love (n.) Sexual intercourse;
-- a euphemism.
Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in most of
which the meaning is very obvious; as, love-cracked, love-darting,
love-killing, love-linked, love-taught, etc.
A labor of love, A labor undertaken on account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself, without expectation of reward.
Free love, The doctrine or practice of consorting with one of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See Free love.
Free lover, One who avows or practices free love.
In love, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
Love apple (Bot.), The tomato.
Love bird (Zool.), Any one of several species of small, short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus Agapornis, and allied genera. They are mostly from Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are celebrated for the affection which they show for their mates.
Love broker, A person who for pay acts as agent between lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. -- Shak.
Love charm, A charm for exciting love. -- Ld. Lytton.
Love child. An illegitimate child. -- Jane Austen.
Love day, A day formerly appointed for an amicable adjustment of differences. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman. -- Chaucer.
Love drink, A love potion; a philter. -- Chaucer.
Love favor, Something given to be worn in token of love.
Love feast, A religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in imitation of the agap[ae] of the early Christians.
Love feat, The gallant act of a lover. -- Shak.
Love game, A game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a point.
Love grass. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus Eragrostis.
Love-in-a-mist. (Bot.) (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena) having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut bracts.
Love-in-a-mist. (Bot.) (b) The West Indian Passiflora f[oe]tida, which has similar bracts.
Love-in-idleness (Bot.), A kind of violet; the small pansy.
A little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound; And maidens call it love-in-idleness. -- Shak.
Love juice, Juice of a plant supposed to produce love. -- Shak.
Love knot, A knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection. -- Milman.
Love lass, A sweetheart.
Love letter, A letter of courtship. -- Shak.
Love-lies-bleeding (Bot.), A species of amaranth ({Amarantus melancholicus).
Love match, A marriage brought about by love alone.
Love potion, A compounded draught intended to excite love, or venereal desire.
Love rites, Sexual intercourse. -- Pope
Love scene, An exhibition of love, as between lovers on the stage.
Love
suit, Courtship.
-- Shak.
Of all loves, For the sake of all love; by all means.
[Obs.] "Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back again." -- Holinshed.
The god of love, or The Love god, Cupid.
To make love, To engage in sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.
To make love to, To express affection for; to woo. "If you will marry, make your loves to me." -- Shak.
To play for love, To play a game, as at cards, without stakes. "A game at piquet for love." -- Lamb.
Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness; delight.
Love (v. i.) To have the feeling of love; to be in love.
Loved (imp. & p. p.) of Love
Loving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Love
Love (v. t.) To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. -- Matt. xxii. 37.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. -- Matt. xxii. 39.
Love (v. t.) To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.
Love (v. t.) To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.
Wit, eloquence, and poetry.
Arts which I loved. -- Cowley.
Love (n.) A strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" [ant: hate, hatred].
Love (n.) Any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting"; [syn: love, passion].
Love (n.) A beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love].
Love (n.) A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love" [syn: love, sexual love, erotic love].
Love (n.) A score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love."
Love (n.) Sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life" [syn: sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life].
Love (v.) Have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him" [ant: detest, hate].
Love (v.) Get pleasure from; "I love cooking" [syn: love, enjoy].
Love (v.) Be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply."
Love (v.) Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk].
Love, () What some users feel for computers.
"There is no truth in the rumour that I love computers, it's just what I tell them to get them to bed." -- Terry Pratchett
[What did you expect in a computing dictionary?] (2007-05-11)
Love, () This word seems to require explanation only in the case of its use by our Lord in his interview with "Simon, the son of Jonas," after his resurrection (John 21:16, 17). When our Lord says, "Lovest thou me?" he uses the Greek word _agapas_; and when Simon answers, he uses the Greek word _philo_, i.e., "I love." This is the usage in the first and second questions put by our Lord; but in the third our Lord uses Simon's word. The distinction between these two Greek words is thus fitly described by Trench:, "_Agapan_ has more of judgment and deliberate choice; _philein_ has more of attachment and peculiar personal affection. Thus the 'Lovest thou' (Gr. agapas) on the lips of the Lord seems to Peter at this moment too cold a word, as though his Lord were keeping him at a distance, or at least not inviting him to draw near, as in the passionate yearning of his heart he desired now to do. Therefore he puts by the word and substitutes his own stronger 'I love' (Gr. philo) in its room. A second time he does the same. And now he has conquered; for when the Lord demands a third time whether he loves him, he does it in the word which alone will satisfy Peter ('Lovest thou,' Gr. phileis), which alone claims from him that personal attachment and affection with which indeed he knows that his heart is full."
In 1 Cor. 13 the apostle sets forth the excellency of love, as the word "charity" there is rendered in the Revised Version.
LOVE, (n.) A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.
This disease, like _caries_ and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.
Love -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 8831
Housing Units (2000): 4066
Land area (2000): 515.382755 sq. miles (1334.835151 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 16.560771 sq. miles (42.892198 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 531.943526 sq. miles (1377.727349 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 33.941304 N, 97.194143 W
Headwords:
Love
Love, OK
Love County
Love County, OK
Loveable (a.) See Lovable.
Loveable (a.) Having characteristics that attract love or affection; "a mischievous but lovable child" [syn: lovable, loveable] [ant: hateful].
Love-drury (n.) Affection. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Lovee (n.) One who is loved. [Humorous] "The lover and lovee." -- Richardson.
Loveful (a.) Full of love. [Obs.] -- Sylvester.
Loveless (a.) Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness. -- Milton. Shelton.
Loveless (a.) Not attracting love; unattractive.
These are ill-favored to see to; and yet, as loveless as they be, they are not without some medicinable virtues. -- Holland.
Loveless (a.) Without love; "a loveless marriage."
Loveless (a.) Receiving no love; "a loveless childhood."
Lovelily (adv.) In manner to excite love; amiably. [R.] -- Otway.
Loveliness (n.) The state or quality of being lovely.
If there is such a native loveliness in the sex as to make them victorious when in the wrong, how resistless their power when they are on the side of truth! -- Spectator.
Loveliness (n.) The quality of being good looking and attractive [syn: comeliness, fairness, loveliness, beauteousness].
Lovelock
(n.) A
long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of
fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. -- Burton.
A long lovelock and long hair he wore. -- Sir W. Scott.
Lovelock, NV -- U.S. city in Nevada
Population (2000): 2003
Housing Units (2000): 951
Land area (2000): 0.866486 sq. miles (2.244189 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.866486 sq. miles (2.244189 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43000
Located within: Nevada (NV), FIPS 32
Location: 40.180013 N, 118.476597 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 89419
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lovelock, NV
Lovelock
Lovelorn (a.) Forsaken by one's love.
The lovelorn
nightingale. -- Milton.
Lovelorn (a.) Unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love [syn:
bereft, lovelorn, unbeloved].
Lovely (a.) Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. "Lovely to look on." -- Piers Plowman.
Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely. -- Robert of Brunne.
If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers. -- Shak.
Lovely (a.) Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.
A most lovely gentlemanlike man. -- Shak.