| label | (verb) distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions | - |
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| (verb) distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom | - |
| (verb) assign a label to; designate with a label | - |
| (verb) pronounce judgment on | Synonyms: judge, pronounce |
| (verb) attach a tag or label to | Synonyms: mark, tag |
| labialise | (verb) pronounce with rounded lips | Synonyms: labialize, round |
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| labialize | (verb) pronounce with rounded lips | Synonyms: labialise, round |
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| labor | (verb) undergo the efforts of childbirth | Synonyms: labour |
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| (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labour, moil, toil, travail |
| (verb) strive and make an effort to reach a goal | Synonyms: drive, labour, push, tug |
| labour | (verb) undergo the efforts of childbirth | Synonyms: labor |
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| (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, moil, toil, travail |
| (verb) strive and make an effort to reach a goal | Synonyms: drive, labor, push, tug |
| lace | (verb) add alcohol to (beverages) | Synonyms: fortify, spike |
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| (verb) draw through eyes or holes | Synonyms: lace up |
| (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, twine |
| (verb) do lacework | - |
| (verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: braid, plait |
| lacerate | (verb) cut or tear irregularly | - |
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| (verb) deeply hurt the feelings of; distress | - |
| lack | (verb) be without | Synonyms: miss |
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| (verb) To be insufficiently prepared | - |
| lacquer | (verb) coat with lacquer | - |
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| lactate | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
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| ladder | (verb) come unraveled or undone as if by snagging | Synonyms: run |
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| lade | (verb) fill or place a load on | Synonyms: laden, load, load up |
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| (verb) remove with or as if with a ladle | Synonyms: laden, ladle |
| laden | (verb) remove with or as if with a ladle | Synonyms: lade, ladle |
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| (verb) fill or place a load on | Synonyms: lade, load, load up |
| ladle | (verb) remove with or as if with a ladle | Synonyms: lade, laden |
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| (verb) put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle | - |
| lag | (verb) throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins | - |
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| (verb) cover with lagging to prevent heat loss | - |
| (verb) hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. | Synonyms: dawdle, fall back, fall behind |
| (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put away, put behind bars, remand |
| laicise | (verb) reduce to lay status | Synonyms: laicize |
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| laicize | (verb) reduce to lay status | Synonyms: laicise |
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| lallygag | (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
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| lam | (verb) give a thrashing to; beat hard | Synonyms: flail, thrash, thresh |
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| (verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
| lamb | (verb) give birth to a lamb | - |
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| lambast | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
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| (verb) beat with a cane | Synonyms: cane, flog, lambaste |
| lambaste | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
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| (verb) beat with a cane | Synonyms: cane, flog, lambast |
| lame | (verb) deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg | Synonyms: cripple |
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| lament | (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, deplore |
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| (verb) express grief verbally | Synonyms: keen |
| laminate | (verb) cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material | - |
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| (verb) press or beat (metals) into thin sheets | - |
| (verb) split (wood) into thin sheets | - |
| (verb) create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material | - |
| lampoon | (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: satirise, satirize |
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| lance | (verb) open by piercing with a lancet | - |
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| (verb) pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight | - |
| (verb) move quickly, as if by cutting one's way | - |
| land | (verb) bring into a different state | Synonyms: bring |
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| (verb) reach or come to rest | Synonyms: set down |
| (verb) cause to come to the ground | Synonyms: bring down, put down |
| (verb) arrive on shore | Synonyms: set ashore, shore |
| (verb) bring ashore | - |
| (verb) shoot at and force to come down | Synonyms: down, shoot down |
| (verb) deliver (a blow) | - |
| landscape | (verb) do landscape gardening | - |
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| (verb) embellish with plants | - |
| languish | (verb) become feeble | Synonyms: fade |
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| (verb) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief | Synonyms: pine away, waste |
| (verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Synonyms: ache, pine, yearn, yen |
| lap | (verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lave, wash |
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| (verb) take up with the tongue | Synonyms: lap up, lick |
| (verb) pass the tongue over | Synonyms: lick |
| (verb) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound | Synonyms: swish, swoosh, swosh |
| (verb) lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another | - |
| lapidate | (verb) kill by throwing stones at | Synonyms: stone |
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| (verb) throw stones at | - |
| lapidify | (verb) change into stone | Synonyms: petrify |
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| lapse | (verb) go back to bad behavior | Synonyms: fall back, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress |
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| (verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | Synonyms: backslide |
| (verb) end, at least for a long time | - |
| (verb) for time to move forward | Synonyms: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by |
| (verb) pass into a specified state or condition; sink into | Synonyms: pass, sink |
| (verb) let slip | - |
| lard | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, pad |
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| (verb) prepare or cook with lard | - |
| lark | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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| larn | (verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: acquire, learn |
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| larrup | (verb) give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | Synonyms: paddle, spank |
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| lash | (verb) strike as if by whipping | Synonyms: whip |
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| (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip |
| (verb) bind with a rope, chain, or cord | - |
| (verb) lash or flick about sharply | - |
| lasso | (verb) catch with a lasso | Synonyms: rope |
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| last | (verb) persist for a specified period of time | Synonyms: endure |
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| (verb) continue to live and avoid dying | Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, survive |
| latch | (verb) fasten with a latch | - |
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| lateralize | (verb) move or displace to one side so as to make lateral | - |
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| lather | (verb) rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning | Synonyms: soap |
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| (verb) exude sweat or lather | - |
| (verb) form a lather | - |
| (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip |
| latinise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, catholicize, latinize |
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| latinize | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, catholicize, latinise |
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| laud | (verb) praise, glorify, or honor | Synonyms: exalt, extol, glorify, proclaim |
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| laugh | (verb) produce laughter | Synonyms: express joy, express mirth |
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| launch | (verb) begin with vigor | Synonyms: plunge |
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| (verb) propel with force | - |
| (verb) launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage | - |
| (verb) get going; give impetus to | Synonyms: set in motion |
| (verb) smoothen the surface of | - |
| (verb) set up or found | Synonyms: establish, found, set up |
| launder | (verb) convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones | - |
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| (verb) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water | Synonyms: wash |
| lave | (verb) cleanse (one's body) with soap and water | Synonyms: wash |
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| (verb) wash one's face and hands | Synonyms: wash up |
| (verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lap, wash |
| lavish | (verb) expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns | Synonyms: shower |
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| lay | (verb) put in a horizontal position | Synonyms: put down, repose |
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| (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: place, pose, position, put, set |
| (verb) lay eggs | - |
| (verb) prepare or position for action or operation | - |
| (verb) impose as a duty, burden, or punishment | - |
| layer | (verb) make or form a layer | - |
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| laze | (verb) be idle; exist in a changeless situation | Synonyms: idle, slug, stagnate |
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| leach | (verb) remove substances from by a percolating liquid | Synonyms: strip |
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| (verb) permeate or penetrate gradually | Synonyms: percolate |
| (verb) cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate | - |
| lead | (verb) cause to undertake a certain action | - |
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| (verb) preside over | Synonyms: chair, moderate |
| (verb) lead, as in the performance of a composition | Synonyms: conduct, direct |
| (verb) travel in front of; go in advance of others | Synonyms: head |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, take |
| (verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space | Synonyms: precede |
| (verb) be in charge of | Synonyms: head |
| (verb) be conducive to | Synonyms: conduce, contribute |
| (verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Synonyms: extend, go, pass, run |
| (verb) be ahead of others; be the first | Synonyms: top |
| (verb) cause something to pass or lead somewhere | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) lead, extend, or afford access | Synonyms: go |
| (verb) produce as a result or residue | Synonyms: leave, result |
| (verb) tend to or result in | - |
| leaf | (verb) produce leaves, of plants | - |
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| (verb) turn over pages | - |
| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, flip, riff, riffle, thumb |
| league | (verb) unite to form a league | - |
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| leak | (verb) have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out | - |
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| (verb) enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure | - |
| (verb) tell anonymously | - |
| (verb) be leaked | Synonyms: leak out |
| lean | (verb) rely on for support | - |
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| (verb) cause to lean or incline | - |
| (verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position | Synonyms: angle, slant, tilt, tip |
| (verb) cause to lean to the side | Synonyms: list |
| (verb) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | Synonyms: be given, incline, run, tend |
| leap | (verb) pass abruptly from one state or topic to another | Synonyms: jump |
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| (verb) move forward by leaps and bounds | Synonyms: bound, jump, spring |
| (verb) cause to jump or leap | Synonyms: jump |
| (verb) jump down from an elevated point | Synonyms: jump, jump off |
| leapfrog | (verb) progress by large jumps instead of small increments | - |
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| (verb) to vault | - |
| learn | (verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: acquire, larn |
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| (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, pick up, see |
| (verb) be a student of a certain subject | Synonyms: read, study, take |
| (verb) commit to memory; learn by heart | Synonyms: con, memorise, memorize |
| (verb) impart skills or knowledge to | Synonyms: instruct, teach |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: ascertain, check, determine, find out, see, watch |
| lease | (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, hire, rent, take |
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| (verb) grant use or occupation of under a term of contract | Synonyms: let, rent |
| (verb) let for money | Synonyms: rent |
| (verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | Synonyms: charter, hire, rent |
| leash | (verb) fasten with a rope | Synonyms: rope |
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| leather | (verb) whip with a leather strap | - |
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| leave | (verb) leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking | Synonyms: leave alone, leave behind, let alone |
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| (verb) be survived by after one's death | Synonyms: leave behind |
| (verb) leave behind unintentionally | Synonyms: forget |
| (verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness | - |
| (verb) move out of or depart from | Synonyms: exit, get out, go out |
| (verb) go away from a place | Synonyms: go away, go forth |
| (verb) leave or give by will after one's death | Synonyms: bequeath, will |
| (verb) transmit (knowledge or skills) | Synonyms: give, impart, pass on |
| (verb) put into the care or protection of someone | Synonyms: entrust |
| (verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in | Synonyms: depart, pull up stakes |
| (verb) produce as a result or residue | Synonyms: lead, result |
| (verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | Synonyms: allow, allow for, provide |
| (verb) act or be so as to become in a specified state | - |
| (verb) have left or have as a remainder | - |
| leaven | (verb) cause to puff up with a leaven | Synonyms: prove, raise |
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| lecture | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
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| (verb) deliver a lecture or talk | Synonyms: talk |
| leech | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, phlebotomise, phlebotomize |
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| leer | (verb) look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression | - |
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| legalise | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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| legalize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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| legislate | (verb) make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation | Synonyms: pass |
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| legitimate | (verb) make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone) | - |
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| (verb) show or affirm to be just and legitimate | - |
| (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
| legitimatise | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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| legitimatize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimise, legitimize |
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| legitimise | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimize |
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| legitimize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise |
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| lend | (verb) give temporarily; let have for a limited time | Synonyms: loan |
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| (verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart |
| (verb) have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to | - |
| lengthen | (verb) become long or longer | - |
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| (verb) make longer | - |
| lenify | (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, mollify, pacify, placate |
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| lessen | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, diminish, fall |
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| (verb) wear off or die down | Synonyms: subside |
| (verb) make become smaller | Synonyms: decrease, minify |
| let | (verb) leave unchanged | - |
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| (verb) cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition | Synonyms: get, have |
| (verb) actively cause something to happen | - |
| (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, countenance, permit |
| (verb) grant use or occupation of under a term of contract | Synonyms: lease, rent |
| (verb) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen | Synonyms: allow, permit |
| letter | (verb) mark letters on or mark with letters | - |
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| (verb) set down or print with letters | - |
| (verb) win an athletic letter | - |
| levant | (verb) run off without paying a debt | - |
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| level | (verb) become level or even | Synonyms: level off |
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| (verb) talk frankly with; lay it on the line | - |
| (verb) direct into a position for use | Synonyms: charge, point |
| (verb) aim at | - |
| (verb) make level or straight | Synonyms: even, even out, flush |
| (verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground | Synonyms: dismantle, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down |
| lever | (verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open | Synonyms: jimmy, prise, prize, pry |
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| leverage | (verb) provide with leverage | - |
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| (verb) supplement with leverage | - |
| levitate | (verb) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity | Synonyms: hover |
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| (verb) cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity | - |
| levy | (verb) cause to assemble or enlist in military | Synonyms: raise, recruit |
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| (verb) impose and collect | Synonyms: impose |
| lexicalise | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalize |
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| lexicalize | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalise |
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| liaise | (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | Synonyms: arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, mediate |
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| libel | (verb) print slanderous statements against | - |
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| liberalise | (verb) make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules | Synonyms: liberalize |
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| (verb) become more liberal | Synonyms: liberalize |
| liberalize | (verb) make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules | Synonyms: liberalise |
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| (verb) become more liberal | Synonyms: liberalise |
| liberate | (verb) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition | Synonyms: free, release |
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| (verb) grant freedom to | Synonyms: set free |
| (verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities | Synonyms: emancipate |
| (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement | Synonyms: free, loose, release, unloose, unloosen |
| librate | (verb) vibrate before coming to a total rest | - |
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| (verb) determine the weight of | Synonyms: weigh |