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Loaning
- verb - disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
- give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"
Lobbing
- verb - propel in a high arc; "lob the tennis ball"
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
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"
Lofting
- verb - kick or strike high in the air; "loft a ball"
- lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
- propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"
- store in a loft
Logging
- verb - cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- enter into a log, as on ships and planes
- the work of cutting down trees for timber
Lolling
- verb - be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
- hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"
Longing
- verb - desire strongly or persistently
- prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Looking
- verb - accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!"
- appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk"
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
- convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me"
- give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect;
- have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"
- have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of cris
Looming
- verb - appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"
- come into view indistinctly, often threateningly; "Another air plane loomed into the sky"
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
- weave on a loom; "materials loomed in Egypt"