Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 52
Lovely (a.) Loving; tender. [Obs.] "A lovely kiss." -- Shak.
Many a lovely look on them he cast. -- Chaucer.
Lovely (a.) Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody.
Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns. -- Tennyson.
Syn: Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable.
Lovely (adv.) In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.] -- Tyndale.
Lovely (a.) Appealing to the emotions as well as the eye.
Lovely (a.) Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way [syn: adorable, endearing, lovely].
Lovely (n.) A very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model [syn: cover girl, pin-up, lovely].
Love-making (n.) Courtship. -- Bacon.
Love-making (n.) Sexual intercourse.
Lovemonger (n.) One who deals in affairs of love. [Obs.] -- Shak. love-philter
Compare: Love-philter
Love-philter, love-philtre (n.) A fabled drink credited with magical power; it can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.
Syn: philter, philtre, love-potion.
Love-philter (n.) A drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it [syn: philter, philtre, love-potion, love-philter, love-philtre].
Compare: Louver
Louver, Louvre (n.) (Arch.) A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a) . [Written also lover, loover, lovery, and luffer.]
Louver, Louvre (n.) Same as louver boards, below
Louver, 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.
Lover (n.) One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex. -- Gower.
Love is blind, and lovers can not see The pretty follies that themselves commit. -- Shak.
Lover (n.) A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country.
I slew my best lover for the good of Rome. -- Shak.
Lover (n.) One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music. "A lover of knowledge." -- T. Burnet.
Lover (n.) One who is involved in a sexual relationship with another; as, she took a lover. Lover
Lover (n.) Alt. of Lovery.
Lovery (n.) See Louver. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Lover (n.) A person who loves someone or is loved by someone.
Lover (n.) An ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover].
Lover (n.) A significant other to whom you are not related by marriage.
Loverlike (a.) 情人般的 Like or in the manner of a lover [syn: loverlike, loverly].
Loverlike (a.) (comparative more loverlike, superlative most loverlike) Befitting or characteristic of a lover.
Loverly (a.) 情人般的 Like or in the manner of a lover [syn: loverlike, loverly].
Loverly (a.) Resembling or befitting a lover.
Loverwise (adv.) As lovers do.
As they sat down here loverwise. -- W. D. Howells.
Love-sick (a.) Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.
To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind. -- Dryden.
Love-sick (a.) Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing. -- Dryden.
Love-sickness (n.) The state of being love-sick.
Lovesome (a.) Lovely. [Obs.] lovesong
Lovesome (a.) Having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm].
Loving (a.) Affectionate.
The fairest and most loving wife in Greece. -- Tennyson.
Loving (a.) Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.
Loving (a.) Feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances" [ant: unloving].
Loving -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 67
Housing Units (2000): 70
Land area (2000): 673.081375 sq. miles (1743.272685 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.768373 sq. miles (9.760042 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 676.849748 sq. miles (1753.032727 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.813308 N, 103.608036 W
Headwords:
Loving
Loving, TX
Loving County
Loving County, TX
Loving, NM -- U.S. village in New Mexico
Population (2000): 1326
Housing Units (2000): 516
Land area (2000): 1.134558 sq. miles (2.938492 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.134558 sq. miles (2.938492 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44420
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 32.285417 N, 104.096720 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 88256
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Loving, NM
Loving
Loving-kindness (n.) Tender regard; mercy; favor. -- Ps. lxxxix. 33.
Loving-kindness (n.) Tender kindness motivated by a feeling of affection.
Lovingly (adv.) With love; affectionately.
Lovingly (adv.) With fondness; with love; "she spoke to her children fondly" [syn: fondly, lovingly].
Lovingness (n.) Affection; kind regard.
The only two bands of good will, loveliness and lovingness. -- Sir. P. Sidney.
Lovingness (n.) A loving feeling [syn: lovingness, caring].
Lovingness (n.) A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love [syn: affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth].
Lovyer (n.) A lover. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Low (Obs.) Strong imp. of Laugh. -- Chaucer.
Lowed (imp. & p. p.) of Low.
Lowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Low.
Low (v. i.) To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. -- Gray.
Low (n.) The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.
Talking voices and the law of herds. -- Wordsworth.
Low (n.) A hill; a mound; a grave. [Obs. except in place names.] -- Skeat.
Low (n.) Fire; a flame; a light. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Low (v. i.) To burn; to blaze. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Burns.
Low (a.) Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.
Low (a.) Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.
Low (a.) Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.
Low (a.) Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
Low (a.) Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.
Low (a.) Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
Low (a.) (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
Low (a.) (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, [a^] ([a^]m), [add] ([add]ll). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] [sect] 5, 10, 11.
Low (a.) Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
Low (a.) Numerically small; as, a low number.
Low (a.) Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
Low (a.) Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.
Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? -- Milton.
Low (a.) Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
Low (a.) Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison.
In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull. -- Felton.
Low (a.) Submissive; humble. "Low reverence." -- Milton.
Low (a.) Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
Low (a.) Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.
Low (a.) Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
Low (a.) Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.
Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low-browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like.
Low Church. See High Church, under High.
Low Countries, The Netherlands.
Low German, Low Latin, etc. See under German, Latin, etc.
Low life, Humble life.
Low milling, A process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings.
Low relief. See Bas-relief.
Low side window (Arch.), A peculiar form of window common in medi[ae]val churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building.
Low spirits, Despondency.
Low steam, Steam having a low pressure.
Low steel, Steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.
Low Sunday, The Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so Called.
Low tide, The farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water.
Low water. (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc.
Low water. (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler.
Low water alarm or Low water indicator (Steam Boiler), A contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low.
Low water mark, That part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest. -- Bouvier.
Low wine, A liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; -- often in the plural.
Low (v. t.) To depress; to lower. [Obs.] -- Swift.
Low (n.) (Card Playing) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
Low (adv.) In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.
Low (adv.) Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.
Low (adv.) In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
Low (adv.) In time approaching our own.
In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds. -- Locke.
Low (adv.) With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low. -- Addison.
The . . . odorous wind Breathes low between the sunset and the moon. -- Tennyson.
Low (adv.) With a low musical pitch or tone.
Can sing both high and low. -- Shak.
Low (adv.) In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice. -- Spenser.
Low (adv.) (Astron.) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
Low (adv.) In a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low."
Low (a.) Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low" [ant: high].
Low (a.) Literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow" [ant: high].
Low (a.) Very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf" [syn: low, low-toned].
Low (a.) Unrefined in character; "low comedy."
Low (a.) Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency [syn: low, low-pitched] [ant: high, high-pitched].
Low (a.) Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy].
Low (a.) Low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" [syn: humble, low, lowly, modest, small].
Low (a.) No longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted" [syn: depleted, low].
Low (a.) Subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low].
Low (a.) Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited].
Low (n.) An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" [syn: low, depression].
Low (n.) British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963) [syn: Low, David Low, Sir David Low, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low]
Low (n.) A low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to a new low" [ant: high].
Low (n.) The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving [syn: first gear, first, low gear, low].
Low (v.) Make a low noise, characteristic of bovines [syn: moo, low].
Lowbell (v. t.) To frighten, as with a lowbell.
Lowbell (n.) A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. -- King.
Lowbell (n.) A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck. -- Howell.
Lowborn (a.) 出身微賤的 Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn.
Compare: Highborn
Highborn (a.) 出身名門的 Of noble or aristocratic birth. Contrasted with lowborn and common. -- Shak.
Syn: aristocratic, blue-blooded, coroneted, gentle, patrician, titled, wellborn, upper-class.
Highborn (a.) Belonging to the peerage; "the princess and her coroneted companions"; "the titled classes" [syn: coroneted, highborn, titled].
Lowborn (a.) Of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor" [ant: noble].
Lowbred (a.) Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark.
Lowbred (a.) (Of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish].
LOW-BRED, (a.) "Raised" instead of brought up.
Low-church (a.) Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, under High.
Low-churchism (n.) The principles of the low-church party.
-men (n. pl. ) of Low-churchman.
Low-churchman (n.) One who holds low-church principles.
Low-churchmanship (n.) The state of being a low-churchman.
Lower (v. i.) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
Lowered (imp. & p. p.) of Lower.
Lowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lower.
Lower (v. i.) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
All the clouds that lowered upon our house. -- Shak.
Lower (v. i.) To frown; to look sullen.
But sullen discontent sat lowering on her face. -- Dryden.
Lower (a.) Compar. of Low, a.
Lowered (imp. & p. p.) of Lower.
Lowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lower.
Lower (v. t.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave. -- Tennyson.
Lower (v. t.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
Lower (v. t.) To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
Lower (v. t.) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
Lower (v. t.) To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
Lower (v. t.) To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
Lower (n.) [Obs.] Cloudiness; gloominess.
Lower (n.) [Obs.] A frowning; sullenness. a.
Lower (n.) [Obs.] Relating to small or noncapital letters which were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case. Also See minuscule, minuscular. lowercase
Lower (n.) The lower of two berths [syn: lower berth, lower].
Lower (v.) Move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf" [syn: lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down] [ant: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise].
Lower (v.) Set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations" [syn: lower, lour].
Lower (v.) Make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio" [syn: turn down, lower, lour]
Lower (v.) Cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" [syn: lower, depress]
Lower (v.) Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval [syn: frown, glower, lour, lower].
Lower-case (a.) (Print.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.
Lowering (a.) 天陰沉；皺眉的；不高興的；lower 的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky.
Lowering (a.) Darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening].
Lowering (n.) The act of causing to become less.
Lowering (n.) The act of causing something to move to a lower level [syn: lowering, letting down].
Loweringly (adv.) In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom. lower limit
Loweringly (adv.) In a menacing or scowling way; "he looked up loweringly."
Lowermost (a.) Lowest.
Lowermost (a.) Farthest down; "bottommost shelf" [syn: bottommost, lowermost, nethermost].
Lowery (a.) Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather. Lowgh
Lowgh () Alt. of Lowh.
Lowh () Obs. Strong imp. of Laugh. [Cf. 1st Low and 2d Lough.] -- Chaucer.
Lowing (n.) The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.
Lowish (a.) Somewhat low. [Colloq.] -- Richardson.
Lowk (n.) See Louk. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. low-key
Lowland (n.) 低地 [P]；（大寫）蘇格蘭低地 [the P] Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; -- opposed to highland.
The Lowlands, Belgium and Holland; The Netherlands; also, the southern part of Scotland.
Lowland (a.) 低地的；（大寫）蘇格蘭低地的 Of relatively low or level country [ant: highland(a), upland].
Lowland (n.) Low level country [ant: highland, upland].
Lowlander (n.) [C] 低地的人；（大寫）蘇格蘭低地的人 A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.
Lowlander (n.) A native of the Lowlands of Scotland [syn: Lowlander, Scottish Lowlander, Lowland Scot].
Lowlihood (n.) Alt. of Lowlihead.
Lowlihead (n.) A lowly state. [R.] -- Tennyson.
Lowlily (adv.) In a lowly place or manner; humbly. [Obs. or R.]
Thinking lowlily of himself and highly of those better than himself. -- J. C. Shairp.
Lowliness (n.) The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind.
Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. -- Eph. iv. 1, 2.