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

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СКАЧАТЬ 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, СКАЧАТЬ