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Leaving
- verb -
- act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless"
- be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
- go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind"
- go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
- have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"
- have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
- leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors
Leering
- verb - (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; "leering drugstore cowboys"
- look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"
- showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; "she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell
Legging
- noun - a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)
Lemming
- noun - any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
Lending
- verb - Allow to borrow
- bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
- 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"
- have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to; "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"
Lessing
- noun - English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)
- German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)
Letting
- verb - actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested"
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
- consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
- leave unchanged; "let it be"
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"
- property that is leased or rented out or let
Levying
- verb - cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
- impose and collect; "levy a fine"
Licking
- verb - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"
- pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand"
- take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
- the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
Lifting
- verb - call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
- invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
- make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"
- make off with belongings of others
- move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
- move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
- pay off (a mortgage)
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
- raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
- raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of t