Verbs in english starting with L

• loosen — Verb – English ～ disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
• loosen — Verb – English ～ become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
• loosen — Verb – English ～ make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
• loosen — Verb – English ～ make less dense; "loosen the soil"
• loot — Verb – English ～ steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
• loot — Verb – English ～ take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
• lop — Verb – English ～ cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
• lop — Verb – English ～ cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
• lope — Verb – English ～ run easily
• lord — Verb – English ～ make a lord of someone
• lose — Verb – English ～ be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"; "The painting loses something in this light"
• lose — Verb – English ～ suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"
• lose — Verb – English ～ allow to go out of sight or mind; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"; "lose the crowds by climbing a mountain"; "the lost tribe"
• lose it — Verb – English ～ lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"
• lose — Verb – English ～ fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"
• lose — Verb – English ～ fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"
• lose — Verb – English ～ fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
• lose — Verb – English ～ fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"
• lose — Verb – English ～ miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!"
• lose — Verb – English ～ withdraw, as from reality; "he lost himslef in his music"

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