frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

interaction: Karl von Frisch studied the language of the bees.
3 jargon, lingua franca, vocabulary, terminology, vernacular,
Colloq lingo: In medical language, a head cold is called
'coryza'. 4 wording, words, phrasing, phraseology, style,
diction: Guarantees, insurance policies, and other such things
should be written in simple language.
lanky adj. thin, loose-jointed, lank, lean, gaunt, gangling, rangy,
long-legged: They recruited three tall, lanky youths for the
basketball team.
lap° v. 1 Often, lap up. lick up, tongue; sip, drink: In a moment,
the cat had lapped all the cream from the saucer. 2 wash,
splash, ripple, plash, purl: The water rose till it was lapping
at the doorstep. 3 lap up. a consume, drink, eat: The dog
lapped up every last scrap of food. b accept, believe, credit,
fall for, Colloq swallow (whole), buy: She lapped up Felix's
sob story and invited him in at once.
lapý n. 1 circuit, orbit, ambit, circle, tour, trip, revolution:
She runs four laps round the track every day for exercise. 2
flap, fold, lappet, projection, lapel, overlap: This lap hides
the zip.
--v. 3 overlap, fold, enfold, envelop, wrap: Lap the fabric so
as to cover the seam.
lapse n. 1 slip, error, mistake, fault, failing, oversight, blunder,
shortcoming, omission, Formal lapsus, Colloq slip-up, fluff,
goof: Apart from a brief lapse, the child behaved very well.
Owing to a lapse, your payment was not credited. 2 gap, break,
interval, intermission, interruption, pause, lacuna, hiatus,
Prosody caesura, Colloq hold-up: Listeners in Scotland
experienced a lapse in transmission, for which we apologize. 3
decline, lowering, fall, deterioration, drop, diminution,
descent: There has been a serious lapse in church attendance.
--v. 4 decline, lower, fall, drop, diminish, sink, slip, slump,
subside, deteriorate: Despite the doctor's best efforts, he
lapsed into a coma. 5 run out, expire, be discontinued, become
void, terminate, end, cease, stop: Your option to sell the
shares at the offering price lapses on Friday. 6 pass, elapse,
go by, slip away: Three months had lapsed since she last saw