Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том II. J – Z.

Lay down, 1. Resign, give up, offer up.

2. Leave, quit, relinquish.

3. Advance, propound, assert, allege.

Layer, n. 1. Stratum, bed, LAY.

2. Course (as of bricks).

3. Shoot or twig (laid in the ground for propagation).

Lay hold of, Seize, catch.

Lay in, Store, provide, lay up.

Lay one's self out, Strive, labor, try, struggle, exert one's self.

Lay open, Expose, reveal, exhibit, disclose, unveil, divulge, publish, show, make known.

Lay out, 1. Spend, expend, disburse.

2. Plan, dispose, arrange.

Lay over, Spread over, cover the surface of.

Lay siege to, Besiege, beset.

Lay to heart, Feel keenly, be greatly grieved at, be much troubled about, be much affected by, take to heart, take on about.

Lay up, 1. Store, provide, treasure up, lay in.

2. Confine to the bed or the house.

Lay waste, Desolate, destroy, ruin.

Lazaretto, n. Hospital, infirmary, pest-house, lazar-house.

Lazar-house, n. Hospital, lazaretto.

Lazy, a. Slothful, sluggish, indolent, idle, inert, inactive, supine, torpid, slack, dronish, lumpish.

Lea, n. Meadow, mead, grass land, sward land.

Lead, v. a. 1. Guide (by the hand, or something connected with the hand).

2. Conduct, direct, escort, go before as guide.

3. Head, be at the head of.

4. Allure, entice, induce, persuade, draw, prevail on.

5. Pass, spend.

Lead, v. n. 1. Show the way (by going before).

2. Be the commander (as of troops).

3. Conduce, contribute, tend, serve.

Lead, n. 1. Guidance, direction, leadership.

2. Precedence.

Lead captive, Carry into captivity.

Leader, n. 1. Guide, director, conductor, corypheus, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, first fiddle.

2. Chief, chieftain, commander.

Leadership, n. Guidance, direction, lead, conduct.

Leading, a. 1. Governing, ruling.

2. Chief, principal, capital, most important.

Lead the way, Go before (as guide).

Lead off, Begin, take the lead.

Leaf, n. Blade.

Leaflet, n. Small leaf.

Leaf-stalk, n. (Bot.) Petiole.

League, n. 1. Alliance, confederation, confederacy, combination, coalition, union.

2. Three geographical miles.

League, v. n. Unite, combine, confederate, form a league, form an alliance.

Leagued, a. United, combined, allied, confederated, confederate, banded.

Leak, n. Fissure (letting a liquid in or out), chink, crevice, hole.

Lean, v. n. 1. Incline (from a perpendicular).

2. Recline, bear, rest.

3. Tend, have a tendency.

Lean, v. a. Rest, incline for support.

Lean, a. 1. Thin, poor, gaunt, emaciated, meagre, lank, skinny, fallen away.

2. Barren, jejune, tame, prosy, dull.

3. Scanty, slender, pitiful, inadequate, not full or abundant, not plentiful, not ample, not enough.

Leaning, n. Bent, inclination, bias, propensity, proneness, tendency.

Lean-to, n. Penthouse.

Leap, v. n. Jump, bound, spring, vault, hop, caper.

Leap, v. a. Jump over, bound across.

Leap, n. Jump, spring, bound, vault, hop, caper.

Leap-year, n. Bissextile.

Learn, v. a. 1. Get a knowledge of, acquire skill in, make one's self acquainted with, make one's self master of.

2. Be informed of.

Learn by heart, Memorize, commit to memory, get by heart.

Learned, a. 1. Erudite, lettered, deep-read.

2. Knowing, skilled, experienced, well-informed.

Learning, n. 1. Acquisition of knowledge.

2. Erudition, scholarship, acquirements, attainments, lore, acquired knowledge.

Lease, v. a. Let (for a term of years).

Leash, n. 1. Thong or string (for holding a dog or a hawk).

2. Three (greyhounds, &c.).

Leash, v. a. Tie, tie together.

Least, a. Smallest, minutest.

Least, ad. In the smallest degree.

Leathery, a. Tough, coriaceous.

Leave, n. 1. Permission, liberty, allowance, license.

2. Withdrawal, retirement, departure.

Leave, v. a. 1. Quit, vacate, withdraw from, depart from, go away from, retire from, get away from.

2. Abandon, forsake, desert, relinquish, renounce, put aside, lay aside, give up, give over.

3. Let alone, let be, suffer to remain undisturbed, forbear to meddle with.

4. Commit, consign, refer.

5. Stop, forbear, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, break off, make an end of.

6. Permit, allow, let, give leave, give permission.

7. Bequeath, demise, devise, will, give by will.

Leave, v. n. Desist, stop, cease, forbear, leave off.

Leave off, (Active.) Forbear, desist from, break off.

Leave off, (Neuter.) Desist, stop, leave.

Leave out, Omit.

Leaven, n. 1. Yeast, ferment, barm, emptyings, fermenting substance.

2. Pervading influence.

Leaven, v. a. 1. Produce or excite fermentation in.

2. Imbue, infect, vitiate, taint.

Leavings, n. pl. Remains, remnants, relics, fragments, scraps, pieces, refuse, odds and ends.

Leaves, n. pl. Foliage.

Lecherous, a. Lewd, lascivious, libidinous, lustful, carnal, salacious, lickerish, concupiscent, prurient, wanton, unchaste, incontinent.

Lechery, n. Lewdness, lasciviousness, concupiscence, lust, carnal desire, animal appetite.

Lection, n. Reading, version, interpretation.

Lecture, n. 1. Discourse, prelection.

2. Formal censure, lesson.

Lecture, v. a. 1. Deliver a lecture to.

2. Reprove formally.

Ledge, n. 1. Shelf.