- tune with this. —v. (esp. As lilting adj.) Speak etc. With a lilt; have a lilt. [origin unknown]
LILY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 bulbous plant with large trumpet-shaped flowers on a tall stem.
- heraldic fleur-de-lis. [latin lilium]
- of the valley n. Plant with white bell-shaped fragrant flowers.
- white adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) pure white.
LIMB
n. - arm, leg, or wing.
- large branch of a tree.
- branch of a cross. out on a limb isolated. [old english]
- n. Specified edge of the sun, moon, etc. [latin limbus hem, border]
LIME
—n. - (in full quicklime) white substance (calcium oxide) obtained by heating limestone.
- (in full slaked lime) calcium hydroxide obtained by reacting quicklime with water, used as a fertilizer and in making mortar. —v. (-ming) treat with lime. limy adj. (-ier, -iest). [old english]
- n. - a fruit like a lemon but green, rounder, smaller, and more acid. B tree which produces this fruit.
- (in full lime-green) yellowish-green colour. [french from arabic]
- n. (in full lime-tree) tree with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant creamy blossom. [alteration of line = old english lind = *linden]
LIMN
v. Archaic paint. [french luminer from latin lumino *illuminate]
LIMO
n. (pl. -s) us colloq. Limousine. [abbreviation]
LIMP
—v. Walk or proceed lamely or awkwardly. —n. Lame walk. [perhaps from obsolete limphalt: related to *halt2]
- adj. - not stiff or firm.
- without energy or will. limply adv. Limpness n. [perhaps from *limp1]
LINE
of fire n. Expected path of gunfire etc.
- of vision n. Straight line along which an observer looks.
- printer n. Machine that prints output from a computer a line at a time.
- —n. - continuous mark made on a surface.
- similar mark, esp. A furrow or wrinkle.
- use of lines in art.
- a straight or curved continuous extent of length without breadth. B track of a moving point.
- contour or outline (has a slimming line).
- a curve connecting all points having a specified common property. B (the line) the equator.
- a limit or boundary.
- v. (-ning) 1 cover the inside surface of (a garment, box, etc.) With a layer of usu. Different material.
- serve as a lining for.
- colloq. Fill, esp. Plentifully. [obsolete line linen used for linings]
LING
suffix 1 denoting a person or thing: a connected with (hireling). B having the property of being (weakling) or undergoing (starveling).
- denoting a diminutive (duckling), often derogatory (lordling). [old english]
- n. (pl. Same) long slender marine fish. [probably dutch]
- n. Any of various heathers. [old norse]
LINK
—n. - one loop or ring of a chain etc.
- a connecting part; one in a series. B state or means of connection.
- cuff-link. —v. - (foll. By together, to, with) connect or join (two things or one to another).
- clasp or intertwine (hands or arms).
- (foll. By on, to, in to) be joined; attach oneself to (a system, company, etc.). link up (foll. By with) connect or combine. [old norse]
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