Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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A river in England that rises in Northamptonshire, before flowing through Warwickshire and joining the Warwickshire Avon near Warwick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A hamlet in Grindleford parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2379).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Leamington Spa
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Synonyms: Lem
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noun
A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
A cord or strap for leading a dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: lead, leash
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verb
To gleam; shine; glow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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History
From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”).
See leamer, lien.
From Middle English lemen, from Old English līeman, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”).
