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adjective
- Of or relating to tears, or the tear glands.
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| lachrymation |
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noun
- The flow of tears; crying
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| lachrymatory |
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noun (lachrymatories)
- A vase intended to hold tears, formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.
- 1658: For beside these Lachrymatories, notable Lamps with Vessels of Oyles and Aromaticall Liquors attended noble Ossuaries. " Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 21)
adjective
- Pertaining to or causing tears.
- 1919: It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of gas. " Winston Churchill, s:Churchill's 1919 War Office Memorandum, "1919 War Office Memorandum"
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| lactate |
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noun - (chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid
verb (lactat, ing)
- (intransitive) To secrete or produce milk
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| lactation |
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noun
- Production of milk by a female mammal.
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| lick |
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noun
- The act of licking.
- The cat gave its fur a .
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
- Give me a of ice cream.
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
- The birds gathered at the clay .
- (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
- Hit that wedge a good with the sledgehammer.
- (colloquial) A bit.
- You don't have a of sense.
- I didn't do a of work today.
- (music) A short motif.
- There are some really good blues licks in this solo.
verb
- To stroke with the tongue.
- The cat licked its fur.
- (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
- My dad can your dad.
- (colloquial) To overcome.
- I think I can this.
- (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
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