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Lobbied
- verb - detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Lobbies
- noun - a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
- a large entrance or reception room or area
- detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
- the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
Lobbing
- verb - propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"
Lobbish
- - Like a lob; consisting of lobs.
Lochial
- - Of or pertaining to the lochia.
Locking
- verb - become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace"
- become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"
- hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"
- hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her neck"
- keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
- the act of locking something up to protect it
Locoism
- noun - a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis
Lodging
- verb - be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?"
- file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
- provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
- put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
- structures collectively in which people are housed
- the act of lodging
- the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
Loftier
- adjective - having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
- of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs"
Loftily
- adverb - in a lofty manner; "she bore herself loftily"