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[2] allowance, authorization, clearance, concurrence, consent, leave, permission, sanction, sufferance—more at PERMISSION

2license verb : to issue a license to

Synonyms

accredit, authorize, certify, commission, empower, enable, invest, qualify—more at AUTHORIZE

licensed practical nurse noun : a specially trained person who is licensed (as by a state) to provide routine care for the sick

li·cens·ee noun : a licensed person

li·cen·ti·ate noun : one licensed to practice a profession

li·cen·tious adjective : lacking legal or moral restraints; also : disregarding sexual restraints : LEWD, LASCIVIOUS

— li·cen·tious·ly adverb

li·cen·tious·ness noun : the quality or state of being licentious

Synonyms

corruption, debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquity, sin, vice—more at VICE

lichee variant of LITCHI

li·chen noun : any of various complex plantlike organisms made up of an alga and a fungus growing as a unit on a solid surface

— li·chen·ous adjective

lic·it adjective : LAWFUL

1lick verb 1 : to draw the tongue over; also : to flicker over like a tongue

2 : to beat soundly : THRASH; also : DEFEAT

2lick noun 1 : a stroke of the tongue

2 : a small amount

3 : a hasty careless effort

4 : a sharp hit : BLOW

5 : a natural deposit of salt that animals lick

Synonyms

bit, dab, little, particle, shred, touch, trace—more at PARTICLE

lick·e·ty–split adverb : at great speed

lick·spit·tle noun : a fawning subordinate : TOADY

lic·o·rice noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF licoris, fr. LL liquiritia, alter. of L glycyrrhiza, fr. Gk glykyrrhiza, fr. glykys sweet + rhiza root]

1 : the dried root of a European leguminous plant; also : an extract from it used esp. as a flavoring and in medicine

2 : a candy flavored with licorice

3 : a plant yielding licorice

lid noun 1 : a movable cover

2 : EYELID

3 : something that confines or suppresses

— lid·ded adjective

Synonyms

cap, cover, top—more at COVER

li·do noun, plural lidos : a fashionable beach resort

1lie verb lay ; lain ; ly·ing 1 : to be in, stay at rest in, or assume a horizontal position; also : to be in a helpless or defenseless state

2 : to have direction : EXTEND

3 : to occupy a certain relative position

4 : to have an effect esp. through mere presence

Synonyms

[2] extend, go, head, lead, run—more at RUN

[3] be, sit, stand

2lie noun : the position in which something lies

3lie verb lied; ly·ing : to tell a lie

Synonyms

fabricate, fib, prevaricate; also forswear, perjure; equivocate, fudge, palter; beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, kid, snow, take in, trick; defame, libel, slander, traduce; falsify, misrepresent, misstate; distort, garble; dissemble, dissimulate; misguide, misinform, mislead

4lie noun : an untrue statement made with intent to deceive

Synonyms

fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, mendacity, prevarication, story, tale, untruth, whopper; also distortion, exaggeration, half-truth; ambiguity, equivocation; defamation, libel, slander; perjury; bluff, pose, pretense; humbug, jive, nonsense; fallacy, misconception, myth; misinformation, misrepresentation, misstatement; deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, duplicity

Antonyms

truth

lied noun, plural lie·der [ORIGIN: G]

: a German song esp. of the 19th century

lie detector noun : a polygraph for detecting physiological evidence of the tension that accompanies lying

lief adverb : GLADLY, WILLINGLY

1liege adjective : LOYAL, FAITHFUL

2liege noun 1 : VASSAL

2 : a feudal superior

lien noun : a legal claim on the property of another for the satisfaction of a debt or duty

lieu noun, archaic

: PLACE, STEAD — in lieu of

: in the place of

lieut abbreviation lieutenant

lieu·ten·ant noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF lieu tenant, fr. liu, lieu place + tenant holding, fr. tenir to hold, fr. L tenēre]

1 : a representative of another in the performance of duty

2 : FIRST LIEUTENANT; also : SECOND LIEUTENANT