hang+loosely

  • 51flag — I n 1. ensign, colors, standard, banner, banneret, pennant, pennon, streamer, banderole; jack, Union Jack, Naut. blue peter, bunting; Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, The Star Spangled Banner, Stars and Bars; tricolor, oriflamme, gonfalon, vexillum …

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  • 52loll — [[t]lɒl[/t]] v. i. 1) to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa[/ex] 2) to hang loosely; droop; dangle 3) to allow to hang, droop, or dangle 4) the act of lolling • Etymology: 1300–50; ME lollen, lullen… …

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  • 53loll — /lɒl / (say lol) verb (i) 1. to recline or lean in a relaxed or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa. 2. to hang loosely or droopingly. –verb (t) 3. to allow to hang or droop. –noun 4. an act or posture of lolling. 5. Obsolete someone or… …

  • 54lip — [lip] n. [ME lippe < OE lippa, akin to MDu lippe < IE base * leb , to hang loosely, lip > L labes, a falling, labium, lip] 1. either of the two fleshy folds forming the edges of the mouth 2. anything like a lip, as in structure or in… …

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  • 55loll — [läl] vi. [ME lollen < MD, to mumble, doze, of echoic orig.] 1. to lean or lounge about in a relaxed or lazy manner 2. to hang in a relaxed manner; droop [the dog s tongue lolled out] vt. to let droop or hang loosely n. Archaic the act of… …

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  • 56loll´er — loll «lol», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to recline or lean in a lazy manner; »to loll on a sofa. 2. to hang loosely or droop; dangle: »A dog s tongue lolls out in hot weather. ... babies with their little round heads lolling forward (George Eliot). –v.t …

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  • 57Aerial roots — Root Root, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort, and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See {Wort}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion …

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  • 58Multiple primary root — Root Root, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort, and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See {Wort}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion …

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  • 59Primary root — Root Root, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort, and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See {Wort}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion …

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  • 60Root — Root, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort, and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See {Wort}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or… …

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