adj
Meaning 1
Sunny; warm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
Lew
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Pronunciation
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/ljuː/
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/luː/ yod-dropping
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rhymes with -uː
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homophone: lieu
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homophone: Liu
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homophone: lue
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homophone: loo
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homophone: Lou
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homophone: lu (yod-dropping)
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CMU ARPABET: L UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Lukewarm, tepid.
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Usage: dialectal
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adj
Meaning 3
Alee: protected from the wind.
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Usage: dialectal
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adj
Meaning 4
Weak.
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adj
Meaning 5
Sickly-looking, pale, wan.
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intj
Meaning 6
Alternative form of lo or look: a cry to look at something.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
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name
Meaning 7
A diminutive of the male given name Lewis.
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name
Meaning 8
A diminutive of the male given name Lewis.
A male given name.
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name
Meaning 9
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 10
A French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland.
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Usage: Scotland, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 11
Warmth, heat.
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Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 12
A shelter from the wind, particularly temporary structures raised by shepherds to protect their flocks.
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Usage: dialectal
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verb
Meaning 13
To make warm or lukewarm.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 14
To become warm.
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Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 15
To shelter from the wind.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 16
Alternative form of lue: to sift, particularly while mining tin or silver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, transitive
Topics: business, mining
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History
Etymology
From Middle English lew, lewe, from Old English *hlēowe, *hlīewe (attested adverbially in hlēowe (“warmly”) and as ġehlēowe, ġehlīewe (“warm, sunny, sheltered”), unhlēowe (“not warm, chill”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hliwi, from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz (“warm, lukewarm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱlēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Old Norse hlýr (“warm, mild”), ( > Danish ly (“lukewarm”)), hlær, German lau, which are themselves akin to Old Norse hlé (“lee”), Danish læ (“shelter”). Compare lee.
Uncertain, but compare Old English ġelewed (“weakness, infirmity”) and limlǣweo (“limb-weak, lame”). Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *laiwą (“damage”); compare Old Norse læ (“venom, bane”).
Variant of lo (q.v.).
From corruption of French louis, from Louis, presumably Louis IX or Louis XI, who issued gold écus.
Variant of lue (q.v.).