Lessen, v. n. Decrease, diminish, abate, dwindle, shrink, be reduced.
Lessening, n. Diminution, decrement, decrease, reduction, abatement.
Lesser, a. Less, smaller, inferior.
Lesser Bear. [With The prefixed.] Little Bear, Ursa Minor.
Lesson, n.
- 1. Exercise (of a learner), task.
- 2. Instruction, precept.
- 3. Reproof, rebuke, lecture, censure, lecturing, scolding, chiding.
Lest, conj. That not, for fear that.
Let, v. a.
- 1. Allow, permit, suffer, give leave to, give permission to.
- 2. Lease, put to hire.
Let, n. Hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction.
Let alone. Leave, let be, suffer to remain undisturbed, forbear to meddle with.
Let be. Leave. See Let alone.
Let bygones be bygones. Let the past be forgotten.
Let down. Lower, depress.
Let drive. Let fly. Discharge, let loose.
Let go. Release, loose, set free, let loose, let slip cast off, let out.
Lethal, a. (Rare.) Deadly, mortal, fatal.
Lethargic, Lethargical, a. Drowsy, dull, torpid, heavy, stupid, stupefied, comatose, morbidly sleepy.
Lethargy, n. Stupor, torpor, coma, stupefaction, hypnotism, stupidity, morbid drowsiness.
Lethean, a. Oblivious.
Let in. et into. Admit, permit to enter.
Let loose. Release, liberate, let free, free from restraint, let out, let go, set at liberty.