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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name
A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7727).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: relief, solace, alleviation, comfort, consolation, ease, liss, release, respite
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noun
Comfort; happiness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: cheeriness, contentment, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, contentness, contentedness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance, exuberantness, felicity, gaiety, gayness, gayfulness, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, gleesomeness, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, jovialness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liss, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasedness
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noun
A respite from pain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of low-intensity steady state: a form of exercise that uses prolonged periods of effort at a steady pace, such as jogging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Topics: exercise, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: HIIT, HIT
Broader terms: training, exercise
verb
To ease; lighten; relieve; abate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To cease; stop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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History
A Germanized or Americanized form of Lis, from Polish lis (“fox”), Ukrainian лис (lys, “fox”), and related languages.
From Middle English lis, lisse, lysse, from Old English liss, līs, līþs (“grace, favor, love, kindness, mercy, joy, peace, rest, remission, forgiveness, alleviation, salvation”), from Proto-Germanic *linþisjō (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *lent- (“bendsome, resilient”). Cognate with Danish lise (“solace, relief”), Swedish lisa (“solace, relief”). Related to Old English līþe (“lithe, soft, gentle, meek, mild, serene, benign, gracious, pleasant, sweet”). See lithe.
From Middle English lissen, lyssen, from Old English lissan (“to subdue”), from Old English liss. Cognate with Swedish lisa (“to soften, weaken”). See above.
