- 3. Animated existence, living beings.
- 4. Mode or course of living, manner of life, course, career.
- 5. Conduct, deportment, behavior.
- 6. Animation, vigor, spirit, vivacity, alertness, briskness, sprightliness, activity, energy.
- 7. Biography, memoir.
- 8. Real person, living form.
- 9. Society, social manners, human affairs, course of things.
Lifeless, a.
- 1. Dead, defunct, extinct, inanimate.
- 2. Torpid, sluggish, inert, dull, tame, spiritless, passive.
Lift, v. a. Raise, elevate, lift up.
Lift, n.
- 1. Lifting, raising.
- 2. (Colloq.) Aid, assistance, help.
- 3. Rise (as of a lock in canals), degree of elevation.
- 4. Elevator.
Lift-lock, n. Lock (of a canal).
Ligament, n. Band, ligature.
Ligature, n.
- 1. Band, bandage, ligament, tie.
- 2. Binding, tying.