Lacerate, v. a.
- 1. Tear, sever, mangle, rend, lancinate, laniate, claw, tear asunder, tear to pieces.
- 2. Harrow, wound, torture, rend.
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.
Lackadaisical, a. Sentimental, maudlin, Wertherish, die-away, languishing, affectedly pensive, lackadaisy.
Lackadaisy, interj. [Used ludicrously for Lackaday.]
Lackaday, interj. Alas, well-a-day, alack, woe’s the day.
Lack-brain, n. Simpleton. See Dunce.
Lackey, n. Footman, footboy, flunky.
Lackey, v. a. Attend (as a servant), wait on, dance attendance on.
Laconic, Laconical, a. Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy.
Lacquer, n. Varnish (of shellac).
Lacquer, v. a. Varnish (with lacquer), japan.
Lactescence, n.
- 1. Milkiness, milky color.
- 2. (Bot.) Bleeding, effusion of sap.
Lad, n. Boy, stripling, youngster, youth, schoolboy, younker, young man.
Lade, v. a.
- 1. Load, freight.