Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

(John Hannent) #1

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light
adjective
1 weighing little.

N comparisons lighter lightest
N opposite heavy
2 not dark in color.
Her dress was light blue.

lighthouse
lighthouses noun
a tall tower
with a bright,
flashing light
that guides or
warns ships
around dangerous
areas of coast.

lightning
noun
a flash of light in the sky
during a thunderstorm.

like
likes liking liked verb
to think that someone
or something is pleasant.
N opposite dislike
likeable adjective

like
adjective
similar to.
He looks like his brother.

lily
lilies noun
a tall plant that grows
from a bulb, with large,
trumpet-shaped blooms.

lime
limes noun
a juicy fruit
with a sour
flavor, similar
to that of a lemon.

limit
limits noun
the point where
something ends.
The limits of the town.

limp
limps limping limped verb
to walk with difficulty
because your leg or your
foot is injured or stiff.
The dog limped because it
had a thorn in its paw.
limp noun

limp
adjective
not stiff.

A limp flag.

line
lines noun
1 a piece of rope or thread.
A fishing line.
2 a long, thin mark.

A wavy line.

3 a straight row of something.

A line of cars.

liner
liners noun
a large passenger ship.

link
links noun
1 one of the individual
sections that make
up a chain.

2 a connection between
two things.
The new highway provides
a link between the two cities.

lion
lions noun
a large mammal that is found
in Africa and India. Lions
belong to the cat family. They
live together in groups called
prides. The females, called
lionesses, hunt at night for
large animals such as
antelope and zebra.

liquid
liquids noun
a substance that
flows and is
not a gas.

list
lists noun
the names of several people
or things written in columns.
A shopping list.

listen
listens listening listened verb
to hear and pay attention to
something, such as music.

light


a light balloon a heavy bucket

lip
lips noun
1 one of the two soft,
pink edges of
your mouth.

link

lioness

2 the top edge of a container.

lips

lip
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