to put bullets in a gun or film in a cameraloaf / louf / noun [ count ] ( plural loaves / louvz / ) bread that has been baked in one piece a loaf of bread
—Look at the picture at bread .
loan l ©/ loun/ noun [ count ] money that someone lends you to take out a bank loan
loan 2 / loun / verb ( loans , loan • ing , loaned )
to give something to someone for a period of time A friend loaned me $1,000.
—SYNONYM lend
loathe / loud / verb ( loathes , loath • ing , loathed )
to hate someone or something very much I loathe modern art.
—ANTONYM love
Thesaurus
hate to have a strong feeling of not liking someone or something. This word is often used in informal English to talk about people or things that you really do not like: I've always hated broccoli. ♦ He hates getting up early in the morning. ♦ I hate the way she always criticizes me.
can't stand an expression used to mean that you really do not like someone or something. It is often used in informal spoken English: I can't stand this music. Can we listen to something else? ♦ He can't stand waiting in line for things. ♦ I can't stand her brother, can you?
dislike a slightly formal way of saying that you do not like someone or something, but not in a strong way. It is more usual to say "don't like": I have always disliked flying. ♦ Why do you dislike him so much? despise to dislike someone or something very much and have no respect for them or it: She despised any kind of gossip. ♦ He despised himself for being such a coward.
loathe to hate someone or something very much: They loathe each other. ♦ He loathed hypocrisy.
loaves
plural of loaf
lob • by 1 / ' labi / noun [ count ] (plural lob • bies)
an area just inside a big building, where people can meet and wait
a hotel lobby
( politics ) a group of people who try to persuade the government to do something
the gun control lobby
lob • by 2 / ' labi / verb ( lob bies , lob • by • ing , lob • bied )
( politics ) to try to persuade the government to do or not do something
They lobbied Congress for more money for medical research.
► lob • by • ist / ' labiist / noun [ count ]
environmental lobbyists
lob • ster / ' labstar / noun [ count ]
a large animal with a hard shell and eight legs, which lives in the ocean. Its shell is black but it turns red when it is cooked.
— Look at the picture at crustacean .
lO Cal v 'loukl / adjective
of a place near you
Her children go to the local school.
a local newspaper
local government
lo • cal • ly / ' loukali / adverb Do you work locally?
lo • cateaw / ' loukeit / b
( lo • cates , lo cat • ing , lo • cat ed )
to find the exact position of someone or something Rescue helicopters are trying to locate the missing sailors.
lo • cat • edAWB / ' loukeitad / adjective in a place
The factory is located near the river.
lo • ca • tionAWL / lou 'keijn / noun [ count ]
a place
The house is in a quiet location at the top of a hill.
lock l © / lak / verb (locks , lock ing , locked )
to close something with a key
Don't forget to lock the door when you leave.
—ANTONYM unlock
lock something away to put something in a place that you close with a key
The paintings are locked away at night.
lock someone in to lock a door so that someone cannot
get out
The prisoners are locked in.
lock someone out to lock a door so that someone cannot get in
