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Hooding
- verb - cover with a hood; "The bandits were hooded"
Houdini
- noun - United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926)
Kidding
- verb - be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
- tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?"
Landing
- verb - an intermediate platform in a staircase
- arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
- bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"
- bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
- cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
- deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"
- reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
- shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"
- structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods
- the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike"
- the act of coming to land after a voyage
Larding
- verb - add details to
- prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat"
Lauding
- verb - praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
Leading
- verb -
- be ahead of others; be the first;
- be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet"
- cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks"
- going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology"
- greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"
- have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"
- having the leading position or higher score in a contest; "he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race"
- indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring r
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"
Loading
- verb - a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads"
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
- fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
- put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks"
- the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.; "the loading took 2 hours"
- the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift
- transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- weight to be borne or conveyed