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

Knock, v. a. Beat, strike, hit, bump, slap.

Knock down, 1. Fell, prostrate.

2. Knock off (by auction).

Knock under, Submit, yield, knuckle, give up, lower one's flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one's horns.

Knock up, [Colloquial.] Fatigue, beat out, weary, exhaust, tire, fag.

Knoll, n. Hillock, mound.

Knot, n. 1. Entanglement, complication.

2. Tie, connection, bond of union.

3. Joint, node, knag.

4. Tuft, bunch.

5. Group, band, clique, gang, crew, squad, cluster, set, pack.

6. Nautical mile.

Knot, v. a. Entangle, tie, complicate.

Knot-grass, n. Dog's-grass, couch-grass, twitch-grass, wheat-grass, dog-wheat (Triticum repens).

Knotted, a. Knotty, knurly.

Knotty, a. 1. Knotted, gnarled, full of knots, knaggy, knurly.

2. Intricate, difficult, perplexing, embarrassing, hard, troublesome.

Know, v. a. 1. Perceive, apprehend, comprehend, understand, discern, be aware of, be assured of, see through, make out.

2. Recognize, be acquainted with.

3. Distinguish, discriminate.

Know, v. n. 1. Have knowledge.

2. Be informed, be made aware.

3. Be sure, feel certain.

Knowing, a. Intelligent, skilful, competent, qualified, experienced, accomplished, proficient, well-informed.

Knowledge, n. 1. Apprehension, comprehension, perception, understanding, discernment, judgment.

2. Learning, erudition, scholarship, enlightenment, lore, acquirements, attainments.

3. Cognizance, cognition, notice, information.

Knuckle, v. n. Yield (obsequiously), submit, cringe, stoop, crouch, give up, knock under.

Knurly, a. Knotty, knotted, knarled.

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Labor, n. 1. Toil, work, exertion, effort, pains, drudgery.

2. Travail, parturition, childbirth, delivery.

Labor, v. n. 1. Toll, strive, drudge, work, exert one's self, take pains.

2. Suffer, be afflicted, be distressed.

3. Travail, be in travail, be in labor.

Labored, a. Elaborate, studied, carefully wrought.

Laborer, n. Workman, operative.

Laborious, a. 1. Industrious, sedulous, assiduous, diligent, toiling, hard-working, painstaking.

2. Difficult, arduous, onerous, toilsome, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, hard, Herculean.

Laboriousness, n. Toilsomeness, difficulty.

Labor of love, Gratuitous service.

Labyrinth, n. Maze, perplexity, intricacy.

Labyrinthian, n. Mazy, confused.

Lacerate, v. a. Tear, sever, mangle, rend, lancinate, laniate, claw, tear asunder, tear to pieces.

Laceration, n. Tearing, rending.

Laches, n. pl. (Law.) Negligence, remissness, neglect of duty.

Lack, v. a. Want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute of, be without.

Lack, v. n. 1. Be in want.

2. Be wanting.

Lack, n. Need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness, insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness, shortcoming, deficit.

Lack-brain, n. Simpleton, dunce.

Lackadaisical, a. Sorrowful (affectedly), sad, melancholy, gloomy.

Lackaday, interj. Alas.

Lackey, n. Footman, footboy, errand-boy.

Lackey, v. a. Attend (as a servant), wait on, dance attendance on.

Laconic, a. Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy, curt.

Laconical, a. Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy, curt.

Lacquer, n. Varnish (of shell-lac).

Lacquer, v. a. Varnish (with lacquer), japan.

Lactescence, n. Milkiness.

Lad, n. Boy, stripling, youngster, youth, schoolboy, yonker, young man.

Lade, v. a. 1. Load, freight.

2. Dip, bale.

Lading, n. Freight, cargo, load, burden.

Lady, n. 1. Mistress, matron.

2. Woman of rank, woman of distinction.

3. Woman of refinement, well-bred woman, genteel woman.

4. Wife, spouse.

Lady-like, a. Genteel, courtly, refined, well-bred.

Lady-love, n. Sweetheart, flame.

Lag, v. n. Loiter, linger, saunter, fall behind, move slowly.

Laggard, n. Loiterer, lingerer, idler, lagger, saunterer.

Lagger, n. Loiterer, laggard.

Lagoon, n. Lake (shallow and communicating with the sea).

Laic, a. Lay.

Laical, a. Lay.

Lair, n. Couch (of a beast), resting place.

Laity, n. Laymen, body of the people, the people (as distinguished from the clergy).

Lake, n. Pond, loch, mere, pool, lagoon.

Lamantine, n. Manatee, sea-cow.

Lamb, n. Young sheep.

Lamb of God, Christ, Jesus.

Lambent, a. Playing about (like the tongue in licking), touching lightly, gliding over.

Lambkin, n. Little lamb.

Lame, a. 1. Crippled, halt, hobbling.

2. Defective, imperfect.

3. Insufficient, unsatisfactory, weak, feeble, poor.

Lame, v. a. Cripple, make lame.

Lame duck, Defaulter (at the stock exchange).

Lamella, n. [L.] Scale, lamina, layer, coat, flake, coating, thin plate.

Lamellar, a. Lamellate, lamellated, laminar, laminated, foliated, foliaceous, scaly, flaky, schistose.

Lamellate, a. Lamellar.

Lamellated, a. Lamellar.

Lament, v. n. Mourn, grieve, weep, wail, moan, complain.

Lament, v. a. Bewail, deplore, bemoan, mourn.

Lament, n. 1. Wailing, moaning, moan, lamentation, plaint, complaint.

2. Dirge, elegy, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.

Lamentable, a. 1. Deplorable, to be lamented.

2. Mournful, wailing.

Lamentation, n. Wailing, moaning, moan, plaint, complaint, lament, ululation, hubbubboo.

Lamina, n. Scale, layer, coat, coating, lamella, thin plate.

Laminar, n. Laminated.

Laminated, a. Laminar, lamellar, lamellated.

Lamm, v. a. [Low.] Beat, drub, thrash, maul, bruise, thwack, pommel, wallop.

Lampoon, n. Pasquinade, satire, squib.

Lampoon, v. a. Satirize, abuse, defame, slander, calumniate, lash.

Lanate, a. Woolly.

Lanated, a. Woolly.

Lance, n. Spear, javelin.

Lance, v. a. 1. Hurl, throw, launch, dart, send, fling, toss, pitch, jaculate, let fly.

2. Pierce, cut with a lancet.

Lance-shaped, a. Lanceform.

Lanciform, a. Lance-shaped.

Lancinate, v. a. Tear, rend, sever, mangle, lacerate, laniate, claw, tear to pieces.

Land, n. 1. Ground, soil, earth.

2. Region, country, district, tract.

3. Real estate.

Land, v. a. Disembark, put on shore, set on shore.

Land, v. n. Disembark, debark, go on shore, come to land.

Landing, n. 1. Coming to land.

2. Landing-place.

Landing-place, n. Landing.

Landloper, n. 1. Landlubber.

2. Wanderer, vagrant, traveller, vagabond, nomad.

Landloping, n. Wandering, travelling.

Landlord, n. 1. Owner, proprietor.

2. Host, inn-keeper.

Landlubber, n. [Sailor's term of contempt.] Landloper.

Landrail, n. Corn-crake, daker-hen (Orex pratensis).

Landscape, n. View, prospect, rural scene.

Land-waiter, n. Tide-waiter.

Lane, n. Alley, narrow street, narrow passage or way.

Lang-syne, ad. [Scottish.] Long since, long ago.

Lang-syne, n. The good old time, past times, days gone by, days of yore.

Language, n. 1. Speech, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, mother-tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue, oral speech.

2. Style, expression, phraseology, diction, form of expression.

Languid, a. 1. Faint, exhausted, drooping, pining, languishing, flagging, weak, feeble, not strong, not vigorous.

2. Dull, torpid, listless, spiritless, heavy, inactive, slow, sluggish.

Languidness, n. 1. Languor, faintness, feebleness, lassitude.

2. Dulness, listlessness, heaviness.

Languish, v. n. 1. Droop, pine, faint, fade, wither, decline, fall, become feeble, pine away, waste away.

2. Look tender, have the air of a lover.

Languishment, n. 1. Feebleness, decline, weakness.

2. Look of tenderness.

Languor, n. 1. Feebleness, debility, languidness, faintness, languishment.

2. Dulness, torpidness, listlessness, heaviness, ennui.

Laniate, v. a. Lacerate, tear, rend, sever, mangle, lancinate, claw, tear to pieces, tear asunder.

Lank, a. Lean, thin, meagre, attenuated, slim, slender, starveling, skinny, scraggy, gaunt, emaciated.

Lankness, n. Leanness, thinness, slimness, meagreness, slenderness.

Lanky, a. [Low.] Slim, slender, tall, and thin.

Lanuginous, a. (Bot.) Downy, woolly.

Lap, v. a. 1. Fold, turn over, lay over.

2. Wrap, cover, twist round.

3. Lick, lick up, take up with the tongue.

Lap, v. n. Be folded over, be laid over.

Lapidary, n. Lapidist.

Lapidescence, n. Lapidification, petrifaction.

Lapidification, n. Lapidescence, petrifaction.

Lapidist, n. Lapidary.

Lapse, n. 1. Flow, gliding, flowing, smooth course.

2. Fall, decline, declension, falling off.

3. Slip, fault, error, shortcoming.

Lapse, v. n. 1. Slip, glide, pass slowly.

2. Fail in duty, commit a fault, fall from innocence.

3. (Law.) Become void.

Lapsus linguæ, [L.] Slip of the tongue.

Lapwing, n. Pewit (Tringa vanellus or Vanellus cristatus).

Larboard, n. (Naut.) Port, left-hand side.

Larceny, n. Theft, stealing, pilfering, robbery, thievery, shoplifting, petty larceny.

Lard, v. a. 1. Grease.

2. Intermix, interlay, interlard.

Large, a. 1. Big, great, bulky, huge, immense, vast, of great size.

2. Extensive, expanded, spacious, broad, wide.

3. Abundant, plentiful, ample, full, copious, liberal.

4. Capacious, comprehensive.

Large-bellied, a. Abdominous, big-bellied, pot-bellied.

Largess, n. Bounty, present, donation, gift, endowment, grant, bequest.

Lariat, n. Lasso.

Larmier, n. (Arch.) Drip, corona.

Larum, n. [Contraction of Alarum.] Alarm, alarum, tocsin, alarm-bell.

Larva, n. Caterpillar, grub.

Lascivious, a. Lustful, lecherous, libidinous, lickerish, salacious, concupiscent, lewd, prurient, wanton, loose, unchaste, incontinent.

Lash, n. 1. Thong (of a whip), scourge, whip.

2. Stroke, stripe.

Lash, v. a. 1. Scourge, whip.

2. Beat, beat against.

3. Bind, tie, tie together.

4. Censure, satirize, lampoon, abuse.

Lash the waves, Make vain efforts, try in vain, beat the air, fish in the air, milk the ram.

Lass, n. Girl, damsel, maiden, lassie, miss.

Lassie, n. [Scotch.] Girl, lass.

Lassitude, n. Weariness, exhaustion, fatigue, prostration, languor, languidness, ennui.

Lasso, n. Lariat.

Last, a. 1. Latest.

2. Hindmost.

3. Final, ultimate.

4. Highest, greatest, utmost, extreme.

Last, ad. 1. The last time.

2. After all the rest.

3. Finally, in conclusion.

Last, v. n. 1. Endure, remain, continue.

2. Hold out, be unexhausted, be unconsumed.

Lasting, a. Enduring, permanent, durable, of long continuance.

Lastingness, n. Permanence, durability, continuance, fixedness.

Lastly, ad. Finally, in fine, at last, at length, in the end, in conclusion.

Late, a. 1. Slow, tardy, long delayed.

2. Far advanced.

3. Recently deceased.

4. Recent.

Late, ad. 1. Not early, not promptly, after the proper time, at the eleventh hour, a day after the fair.

2. Recently, lately, not long ago.

Lately, ad. Recently, latterly, late, of late, not long ago.

Latent, a. Concealed, hidden, secret, occult, veiled, unseen.

Lather, n. Foam (of soap and water), froth.

Latifoliate, a. (Bot.) Broad-leaved.

Latifolious, a. (Bot.) Broad-leaved.

Latin, a. 1. Of the Latins, of ancient Rome, Roman.

2. Classic, classical, in the manner of the Latins.

Latin, n. Language of ancient Rome, Latin language.

Latinism, n. Latin idiom.

Latinity, n. Latin style.

Latitude, n. 1. Extent, range, scope, amplitude, compass.

2. Freedom, liberty, indulgence, free play.

3. Laxity, loose interpretation, indefinite meaning.

4. (Geog.) Angular distance from the equator.

5. (Astron.) Angular distance from the ecliptic.

Latitudinarian, a. Liberal (in opinion), lax, free, not orthodox, not strict.

Latitudinarianism, n. Heterodoxy, liberalism.

Latten, n. Sheet tin, tinned iron-plate.

Latter, a. 1. Last mentioned (of two).

2. Recent, modern.

Latterly, ad. Lately, recently, of late.

Lattice, n. Trellis, lattice-work.

Lattice-work, n. Lattice, trellis.

Laud, v. a. Praise, extol, celebrate, magnify.

Laudable, a. Commendable, praiseworthy.

Laudanum, n. Tincture of opium.

Laudation, n. Praise, commendation, eulogy, compliment, encomium.

Laudatory, a. Commendatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, complimentary, encomiastic, lavish of praise.

Laugh, n. Laughter, cachinnation, guffaw, roar.

Laugh, v. n. Snicker, giggle, roar, titter.

Laugh at, Ridicule, deride, mock, scoff, scoff at, sneer at, laugh to scorn, make fun of, poke fun at.

Laugh to scorn, Ridicule, deride, despise, sneer at, laugh at, treat with contempt.

Laughable, a. Comical, droll, funny, ludicrous, farcical, ridiculous.

Laughing, a. Merry, mirthful, gay.

Laughing, n. Laughter.

Laughing-gas, n. Nitrous oxide, protoxide of nitrogen, exhilarating gas.

Laughter, n. Laughing, laugh.

Laughing-stock, n. Butt (of jests), object of ridicule.

Launch, v. a. 1. Throw, hurl, cast, dart, lance.

2. Slide from the stocks (as a ship).

Launch, v. n. Enlarge, expatiate, descant, dilate, launch out.

Launch out, Enlarge, launch, expatiate.

Laundress, n. Washerwoman.

Laureate, n. Poet-laureate, court-poet.

Lave, v. a. Wash, bathe.

Lavement, n. (Med.) Clyster, enema, injection.

Lavish, a. Profuse, prodigal, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, extravagant, too free, over-liberal.

Lavish, v. a. Waste, squander, dissipate, spend lavishly.

Law, n. 1. Rule, (prescribed by authority), regulation, canon, statute, enactment, decree, ordinance, edict, order, expressed command.

2. Formula, principle, form.

3. Code, body of rules.

4. Jurisprudence, science of laws, legal science.

5. Mosaic code.

6. Suit, process, litigation.

7. Observed order of facts, invariable sequence of phenomena.

8. Uniform and constant operation of any natural force (under the same conditions), method of the Divine Agency, God in Nature.

Lawful, a. 1. Legal, legalized, legitimate, constitutional.

2. Allowable, permissible.

3. Rightful, just, proper.

Lawfulness, n. Legality, conformity to law.

Lawgiver, n. Legislator, law-maker.

Lawsuit, n. Action, suit in law.

Lawyer, n. Counsellor, counsel, advocate, attorney, solicitor, barrister, limb of the law, attorney-at-law.

Lax, a. 1. Loose, slack, relaxed, not tight, not tense.

2. Soft, flabby, not firm, not solid.

3. Remiss, latitudinarian, not strict.

4. Licentious, dissolute.

Laxative, a. Loosening, aperient, deobstruent.

Laxative, n. Laxative medicine.

Laxity, n. 1. Looseness, slackness, laxness, latitude.

2. Remissness.

3. Dissoluteness, licentiousness.

Laxness, n. Looseness, laxity.

Lay, v. a. 1. Put, place, lay down.

2. Impose, assess.

3. Impute, charge, ascribe.

4. Spread (on a surface).

5. Prepare, set in order, get ready.

6. Contrive, scheme, devise.

7. Allay, quiet, calm, still, appease.

8. Bet, stake, wager, risk, hazard.

9. Produce, bring forth and deposit (as eggs).

10. (Naut.) Depress, sink, sail away from so as to lose sight of.

11. (Law.) Allege, state, name.

Lay, n. [Rare.] 1. Row, stratum, layer.

2. Bet, wager, stake, pledge.

3. [U. S.] Share of profit.

4. Song.

Lay, a. Laic, laical.

Lay aside, Reject, discard, put away, lay on the shelf.

Lay by, Reserve, keep, retain, husband.

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.

2. Ridge of rocks.

Lee, a. To leeward (opposed to weather).

Lee, n. Leeward, lee side, side sheltered from the wind.

Leer, v. n. Look askance (in contempt).

Lees, n. pl. Dregs, sediment, settlings, precipitate, dunder.

Leeward, n. Lee, lee side.

Legacy, n. Bequest, devise, gift by will.

Legal, a. Lawful, legitimate, legalized, authorized or sanctioned (by law), according to law.

Legality, n. Lawfulness, conformity to law.

Legalize, v. a. 1. Authorize, permit by law.

2. Sanction, legitimate, legitimize, make legal, confirm by law.

Legate, n. 1. Ambassador, deputy, envoy, delegate.

2. The Pope's ambassador.

Legation, n. Embassy, deputation, body of diplomatists.

Legend, n. 1. Fable, myth, fiction, doubtful narrative, fictitious story.

2. Motto (round a coin or a medal).

Legendary, a. Fabulous, fictitious, mythical.

Legerdemain, n. Juggle, juggling, sleight of hand.

Legible, a. 1. Readable, plain, fair.

2. Manifest, apparent, recognizable, discoverable.

Legion, n. 1. Army, host, military force, body of troops.

2. Multitude, great number.

Legislate, v. n. Make laws, enact laws.

Legislative, a. Law-making.

Legislator, n. Lawgiver, lawmaker.

Legislature, n. Legislative body.

Legitimacy, n. 1. Legality, lawfulness, accordance with law.

2. Genuineness.

Legitimate, a. 1. Legal, lawful, in accordance with law.

2. Born in wedlock, lawfully begotten.

3. Genuine, not spurious.

Legitimate, v. a. Legalize, make legitimate.

Legitimize, v. a. Legalize, make legitimate.

Legume, n. (Bot.) Simple pod (of two valves).

Legumes, n. pl. Pulse, fruit of leguminous plants.

Leisure, n. Spare hours, spare time, time to spare.

Lend, v. a. 1. Loan, accommodate with.

2. Give, grant, afford, furnish, bestow, confer, impart.

Lend a hand, Render assistance, put one's shoulder to the wheel, hold out a helping hand, give one a lift, give one a turn, do one a favor, help a lame dog over a stile.

Length, n. 1. Extent, longitude.

2. Long duration.

Lengthen, v. a. 1. Elongate, extend (in space), stretch, draw out.

2. Protract, continue, prolong, extend (in time), spin out.

Lengthen, v. n. Become longer, grow longer, increase in length.

Lengthways, ad. Longitudinally.

Lengthwise, ad. Longitudinally.

Lengthy, a. Long, lengthened, prolonged, prolix, not short, not brief.

Lenience, n. Clemency, mildness, lenity, mercy, tenderness, gentleness, forbearance.

Leniency, n. Clemency, mildness, lenity, mercy, tenderness, gentleness, forbearance.

Lenient, a. 1. Softening, assuasive, soothing, mitigating, mitigative, lenitive.

2. Mild, gentle, clement, merciful, tender, forbearing, long-suffering, not rigorous, not severe.

Lenitive, a. Soothing, assuasive, emollient, lenient, mitigative, balmy, sedative, demulcent.

Lenitive, n. Palliative, emollient, soothing medicine.

Lenity, n. Mildness, clemency, gentleness, tenderness, mercy, kindness, forbearance, lenience, leniency.