lemon-squeezer

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'lemon-squeezer (BrE) [NAmE juicer) noun a kitchen utensil (= a tool) for squeezing juice out of a fruit W — picture o kitchen

.lemon ver bena noun [U] a plant with leaves that taste of lemon, used for making tea   ^ ^

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lem ony /'lemani/ adj. tasting or smelling of lemon a lemony flavour

lemur /'li:ma(r)/ noun an animal like a monkey, with thick fur and a long tail, that lives in trees in Madagascar %B. ( )

lend o-w /lend/ verb (lent, lent /lent/)

1 ~ (out) sth (to sb) | ~ (sb) sth to give sth to sb or allow them to use sth that belongs to you, which they have to return to you later ftEm loan: [VN, VNN] I’ve lent the car to a friend. IE 7 fg A 7 0 0

Can you lend me your car this evening? fg—T^? 0 [VNN] Has he returned that book you lent him? # fg fife 65 ffi A # FE # 7     ? o note at

borrow 2 ~ sth (to sb) | ~ (sb) sth (of a bank or finan­cial institution          to give money to sb on

condition that they pay it back over a period of time and pay interest on it ( ft • • • ) 1% ’( It ) cm loan : [VN, VNN] The bank refused to lend the money to us. H7r o They refused to lend us the money. fife f] ji ^ [tO Cl ^ ifc o [also V] — compare borrow(2) 3 ~ sth (to sb/sth) | ~ (sb/sth) sth (formal) to give a particular quality to a person or a situation ig) : [VN] The setting sun lent an air of melan­choly to the scene. ^ 0       o [VNN]

Her presence lent the occasion a certain dignity.

4 ~ sth (to sb/sth) | ~ (sb/sth) sth to give or provide help, support, etc. tfe ) : [VN] I was more than happy to lend my support to such a good cause.

o         [VNN] He came along to lend me moral support.  ITSTTn lend

an ear (to sb/sth) to listen in a patient and sympa­thetic way to sb #D)f; ftp/t lend (sb) a (helping) 'hand (with sth) (informal) to help sb with sth       jg$j; jg

JE7-: I went over to see if I could lend a hand. jfc MAif lend 'colour to sth (BrE) to make sth seem true or probable      ) : Most of

the available evidence lends colour to this view. M A nPft -uE #g %   ^ 5tfil ^ o lend your name to sth

(formal) 1 to let it be known in public that you support or agree with sth      I am more than happy

to lend my name to this campaign.      AJF A7

X F#   StJ o 2 to have a place named after you

1^ v« ) lend sup1 port, 'weight,

credence, etc. to sth to make sth seem more likely to be true or genuine --IHftjt# ( ill SHAWMS; of H14 ^ {£ m & * ® Mr ^ ) : This latest evidence lends support to her theory, jt—ftS^iiE^SAPFpiETM^JJ! i&0 — more at help v. Wihm lend itself to sth to be suitable for sth     Her voice doesn’t really lend

itself well to blues singing.          P|FiJ#$r

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lend-er /'lend0(r)/ noun (finance M) a person or an organization that lends money jfc W: A —compare borrower — see also moneylender lend ing /'lendiri/ noun [\J] (finance M) the act of lending money      jfc : Lending by banks rose to $10

billion last year.     100 \Zjt0

lending library noun a public library from which you can borrow books and take them away to read at home (        —compare REFERENCE

LIBRARY

'lending rate noun (finance M) the rate of interest that you must pay when you borrow money from a bank or another financial organization length 0-w /lerj0/ noun

► SIZE/MEASUREMENT AC; SM 1 [U, C] the size or meas­urement of sth from one end to the other -fee; -]£!§;: This room is twice the length of the kitchen. S^/^-I'h] -feft: jlJifJ^EfrWFno O The river is 300 miles in length.

sfr M -fee 300 M 0 o The snake usually reaches a length of 100cm. &£ —    100 MAo O He ran the

entire length of the beach (= from one end to the other), ftfejf&Ti; 7o Did you see the length of his hair? ifofig-fcUQ]? —picture c> dimension

—                 compare breadth(I), width(I)

►                 TIME tt'f |h’ 2 [U, C] the amount of time that sth lasts ( W

H ) Btl's] : We discussed shortening the length of

the course. m\        TUfto O He

was disgusted at the length of time he had to wait.

#hfRfcUP 'A -feN- in] o O She got a headache if she had to read for any length of time (= for a long time).

o Size of pension depends partly on length of service with the company.

O Each class is 45 minutes

in length.     45 jf^0

►                 OF BOOK/MOVIE t;;   3 [U, C] the amount of writing

in a book, or a document, etc.; the amount of time that a film/movie lasts (        W      )

fr -fe : Her novels vary in length, jfe    /Jn  fe

►                 -LENGTH • |Cli; 4 (in adjectives    having the

length mentioned         : shoulder-length hair j£

— see also full-length, knee-length

►                 OF SWIMMING POOL          5 [C] the distance from one

end of a swimming pool to the other

) : He swims 50 lengths a day.

— compare width(3)

►                 IN RACE 6 [C] the size of a horse or boat from one

end to the other, when it is used to measure the distance between two horses or boats taking part in a race (     ) g     The horse won by two clear

lengths,

►                 LONG THIN PIECE j£$J|x 7 [C] a long thin piece of sth

—S (. ^t —15,-   ) : a length of rope/

string/wire

—                  see also long adj. ITSTTn at length | at ... length

1                  for a long time and in detail j£ la]; # &     : He

quoted at length from the report,

41 i# o 0 We have already discussed this matter at great length.         ff1 B ^          ^ Jfe ife f |r]          0

2                   (literary) after a long time     M ^— S -fe H |h] U is ; M

Is : ‘I’m still not sure, ’ he said at length. “ H ffijlo ”      go to any, some, great, etc.

lengths (to do sth) to put a lot of effort into doing sth,

especially when this seems extreme         ii

^ fj : She goes to extraordinary lengths to keep her private life private.        &

the length and breadth of ... in or to all parts of a place IiJ&t; £Bdi; #±tk: They have travelled the length and breadth of Europe giving concerts.

— more at arm n.

length en /'lerjGan/ verb to become longer; to make sth longer ( 111 ) $          :         [V] The afternoon shadows

lengthened. T "7   7 # $r ^ -fc T *      0 [VN] I need to

lengthen this skirt. r«TJ3 shorten

length-ways /'leqGweiz/ (also length-wise /'leqGwaiz/) adv. in the same direction as the longest side of sth If] ;   Cut the banana in half lengthways.

—compare widthways

lengthy /'lerjGi/ adj. (length-ier, lengthi-est) very long, and often too long, in time or size       ; %

“fe'W : lengthy delays 0  ^ Bt I'U i M 0 the lengthy

process of obtaining a visa       0 a

lengthy explanation

le ni ent /’lirniant/ adj. not as strict as expected when punishing sb or when making sure that rules are obeyed (        fc&W: a

lenient sentence/fine       / 7]#: 0 The judge was

far too lenient with him.  ► le-ni-

ency /-ansi/ (also less frequent le-ni-ence) noun [U]: She appealed to the judge for leniency.

Jlo le-ni-ent-ly adv.: to treat sb leniently A

Leninism /‘lemmzam/ noun [u] the political and economic policies of Lenin, the first leader of the Soviet Union, which were based on Marxism #] x ± X ( ^

Wt/$L ) ► Lenin-ist /‘lenmist/ noun