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lot of nerve! I'd give a lot to be able to paint like you. He
got into a lot of trouble. b much, loads or a load, mountains or
a mountain, tons or a ton, barrels or a barrel, stacks or a
stack, piles or a pile, heaps or a heap, masses or a mass,
oceans , Colloq oodles, scads, US gobs: She has lots of money.
c many, myriad, numerous, countless, reams, infinite or an
infinity, quantities or a quantity, enormous numbers or an
enormous number, Colloq oodles, scads, loads, tons, masses,:
There are lots of fish in the sea. 6 the lot. everything,
Colloq the whole kit and caboodle, all: I'll give you a fiver
for the lot.
lotion n. cream, liniment, balm, salve, ointment, embrocation,
unguent, pomade: The doctor said to rub in some of this lotion
twice a day.
lottery n. raffle, sweepstake, drawing, pool, Brit tombola: I've never
known anyone who won anything in the national lottery.
loud adj. 1 deafening, ear-splitting, booming, blaring, stentorian,
thundering, thunderous, sonorous, noisy, clamorous, piercing,
fortissimo: The hi-fi is so loud I can't hear myself think. A
loud crash came from the kitchen. 2 tawdry, garish, flashy,
gaudy, tasteless, extravagant, showy, ostentatious, Colloq
splashy, snazzy, jazzy: He was wearing a check suit and the
loudest shirt and tie I had ever seen.
lounge v. 1 idle, loaf, laze, loll, languish, vegetate: After dinner,
we lounged till midnight, sipping port.
--n. 2 sitting-room, salon, front room, parlour: Mother
insisted that we entertain visitors in the lounge. 3 lobby,
foyer, waiting-room, reception (room), vestibule: I was waiting
in the lounge when the doctor returned. 4 cocktail lounge,
(lounge or saloon) bar: We went into the lounge and ordered a
drink. 5 sofa, couch, divan, studio couch, day-bed, settee,
settle, love-seat, chaise longue; causeuse, tˆte-…-tˆte; US and
Canadian Davenport: The psychoanalyst has a lounge on which you
lie while talking to him.
lour v. 1 lower, darken, threaten, menace, loom: The clouds loured:
she suddenly began to feel afraid. 2 lower, frown, scowl,
glower; sulk, pout, mope: He said nothing, but loured at me