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.