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

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2. Be the commander (as of troops).

3. Conduce, contribute, tend, serve.

Lead, n. 1. Guidance, direction, leadership.

2. Precedence.

Lead captive, Carry into captivity.

Leader, n. 1. Guide, director, conductor, corypheus, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, first fiddle.

2. Chief, chieftain, commander.

Leadership, n. Guidance, direction, lead, conduct.

Leading, a. 1. Governing, ruling.

2. Chief, principal, capital, most important.

Lead the way, Go before (as guide).

Lead off, Begin, take the lead.

Leaf, n. Blade.

Leaflet, n. Small leaf.

Leaf-stalk, n. (Bot.) Petiole.

League, n. 1. Alliance, confederation, confederacy, combination, coalition, union.

2. Three geographical miles.

League, v. n. Unite, combine, confederate, form a league, form an alliance.

Leagued, a. United, combined, allied, confederated, confederate, banded.

Leak, n. Fissure (letting a liquid in or out), chink, crevice, hole.

Lean, v. n. 1. Incline (from a perpendicular).

2. Recline, bear, rest.

3. Tend, have a tendency.

Lean, v. a. Rest, incline for support.

Lean, a. 1. Thin, poor, gaunt, emaciated, meagre, lank, skinny, fallen away.

2. Barren, jejune, tame, prosy, dull.

3. Scanty, slender, pitiful, inadequate, not full or abundant, not plentiful, not ample, not enough.

Leaning, n. Bent, inclination, bias, propensity, proneness, tendency.

Lean-to, n. Penthouse.

Leap, v. n. Jump, bound, spring, vault, hop, caper.

Leap, v. a. Jump over, bound across.

Leap, n. Jump, spring, bound, vault, hop, caper.

Leap-year, n. Bissextile.

Learn, v. a. 1. Get a knowledge of, acquire skill in, make one's self acquainted with, make one's self master of.

2. Be informed of.

Learn by heart, Memorize, commit to memory, get by heart.

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.

Legality, n. Lawfulness, conformity to law.

Legalize, v. a. 1. Authorize, permit by law.

2. Sanction, legitimate, legitimize, make legal, confirm by law.

Legate, n. 1. Ambassador, deputy, envoy, delegate.

2. The Pope's ambassador.

Legation, n. Embassy, deputation, body of diplomatists.

Legend, n. 1. Fable, myth, fiction, doubtful narrative, fictitious story.

2. Motto (round a coin or a medal).

Legendary, a. Fabulous, fictitious, mythical.

Legerdemain, n. Juggle, juggling, sleight of hand.

Legible, a. 1. Readable, plain, fair.