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**locomotive²** *adj tech* concerning or causing movement: *loco-motive power*
**lo·co·weed** /'ləʊkəʊwiːd/ *n* an American plant which causes disease in animals if eaten
**lo·cum** /'ləʊkəm/ *n especially BrE* someone, especially a person in healthcare work, who does another person's job for a limited time: *While our doctor was on holiday his locum treated us.*
**lo·cus** /'ləʊkəs/ *n pl.* **-ci** /-saɪ/ *tech or fml* a position or point, especially where something happens or can be found
**lo·cust** /'ləʊkəst/ *n* an Asian and African insect which flies from place to place in large groups, eating and destroying crops over large areas: *a swarm of locusts* → see picture at INSECT
**lo·cu·tion** /ləʊ'kjuːʃən/ *n fml or tech* **1** a way of speaking **2** a phrase, especially one used locally or within a special group of people
**lode** /ləʊd/ *n tech* an amount of metal in its natural form (ORE)
**lode-star, load-** /'ləʊdstɑːr/ *n especially lit* **1** the POLE STAR used as a guide by sailors **2** a guide or example to follow
**lode-stone, load-** /'ləʊdstəʊn/ *n* [C;U] (a piece of) iron which acts as a MAGNET
**lodge¹** /lɒdʒ||lɑːdʒ/ *v* **1** [+adv/prep] *fml* to stay, usually for a short time in return for paying rent: *to lodge at a friend's house/with friends* **2** [T] *especially BrE* to give or find (someone) a home for a time, usually for payment: *We lodge students during term time.* **3** [+adv/prep; T+obj+adv/prep] to (cause to) settle or become fixed firmly in a position: *A small chicken bone lodged in his throat, and had to be removed by a doctor.* | *The bullet became lodged in her spine.* → see also DISLODGE **4** [T[with]] to make (a statement or report) officially to an official person or body: *to lodge a complaint/a protest/an appeal* **5** [T+obj+adv/prep] to put into a safe or proper place: *The surveyor's report was lodged with the building society.*
**lodge²** *n* **1** a room for a person who is responsible for seeing who enters a building, as in a block of flats or a college: *the porter's lodge* **2 a** [+sing./pl. v] a local branch of some types of social club: *a Masonic lodge* **b** the building where this branch meets **3** a small house for hunters, skiers (SKI) etc to stay in while crossing wild country or mountains → compare CHALET **4** a small house on the land of a larger house **5** a BEAVER's home **6** *AmE* a WIGWAM **7** *AmE* a hotel building at a RESORT or in the mountains
**Lodge, David** (1935–) a British writer of NOVELS, known for his humorous books such as *Changing Places*, *Small World*, and *Thinks*.... His books are often about the lives and relationships of university teachers, and some have been made into television programmes.
**lodg·er** /'lɒdʒər||'lɑːr-/ also **roomer** *AmE* — *n* a person who pays rent to stay in someone's house
**lodg·ing** /'lɒdʒɪŋ||'lɑː-/ *n* [S;U] a place to stay: *a night's lodging* | *to find lodging* → compare BOARD¹; see also LODGINGS
**lodging house** also **rooming house** *AmE* — *n* a building where rooms may be rented for days or weeks
**lodg·ings** /'lɒdʒɪŋz||'lɑː-/ also **digs** *BrE infml* — *n* [P] one or more rented furnished rooms: *to stay in lodgings* → compare BOARD¹
**loft¹** /lɒft||lɔːft/ *n* **1 a** a room or space under the roof of a building; an ATTIC **b** *especially AmE* an upper floor of a business building, especially one that was originally a single large room used for storing things: *He's living in a converted loft in lower Manhattan.* **2** a room over a STABLE where HAY is kept: *a hayloft* **3** *tech* a GALLERY in a church: *an organ loft* **4** *tech* a quality of wool, DOWN, or SYNTHETIC materials which allows it to provide warmth: *Sleeping bags filled with synthetic fibres retain their loft when wet and so are more practical in damp conditions.*
**loft²** *v* [T] (*especially in cricket and GOLF*) to hit (a ball) high
**loft conversion** *n BrE* rooms or a room made out of a house's LOFT (=the space under the roof) some time after the house was built: *We couldn't afford to move to a larger house, so we had a loft conversion done instead.*
**Lof-ting, Hugh** /'lɒftɪŋ||'lɔːf-, hjuː/ (1886–1947) a British writer of children's books who is best known for his popular *Dr Dolittle* stories, about a doctor who learned how to talk to animals so that he could treat them
**loft·y** /'lɒfti||'lɔːfti/ *adj* **1** (of ideas, feelings, writing etc) of unusually high moral quality: *lofty aims/ideals* **2** showing that one thinks one is better than other people; HAUGHTY: *a lofty smile* | *lofty disdain* **3** *especially lit* high: *the lofty walls of the city*—**ily** *adv*: *When I asked for help, he just smiled loftily and turned away.*—**iness** *n* [U]
**log¹** /lɒg||lɔːg, lɑːg/ *n* **1** a thick unshaped piece of wood from a tree, either the whole trunk that has been cut down, or smaller pieces cut off: *chopping logs for the fire* | *a log fire* **2** an official written record of a journey, especially in a ship or plane: *The captain described the accident in the ship's log.* → see also sleep like a log (SLEEP²)
**log²** *v -gg-* **1** [T] to record in a LOG **2** [T[UP]] (especially of a ship or plane) to travel (a distance or length of time): *The old plane had logged (up) hundreds of hours of flying time.* **3** [T;I] *AmE* to cut down trees: *This part of the forest was logged three years ago.*
**log in/on** *phr v* [I] *tech* to begin a period of using a computer system by performing a fixed set of operations: *In order to log in (to the system) you have to type in a special password.*
**log off/out** *phr v* [I] *tech* to finish a period of using a computer system by performing a fixed set of operations
**Lo·gan, Mount** /'ləʊgən/ the highest mountain in Canada, in the southwest Yukon
**lo·gan·ber·ry** /'ləʊgənbəri||-beri/ *n* a soft dark-red fruit similar to a RASPBERRY
**log·a·rith·m** /'lɒgərɪðəm||'lɔː-, 'lɑː-/ also **log** *infml* — *n* a number which represents a value (a POWER) of another number, and which can be used for additions instead of multiplying the original number; the number of times a fixed number (usually 10) must be multiplied by itself to equal a stated number: *The logarithm of 100 is 2 because 10²=100.* → compare ANTILOGARITHM
**—rith·mic** /ˌlɒgə'rɪðmɪk||ˌlɔː-, ˌlɑː-/ *adj*—**rith·mi·cal·ly** /kli/ *adv*
**log·book** /'lɒgbʊk||'lɔːg-, 'lɑːg-/ *n* **1** *BrE* for REGISTRATION DOCUMENT **2** *AmE* for LOG
**log 'cabin** *n* a house, usually a small one, made of logs of wood
**CULTURAL NOTE** Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest US Presidents, was born in a log cabin. Most children learn this fact in school because it is supposed to show that you do not have to come from a rich powerful family in order to become President. The idea that any US citizen who was born in the US can become President is an important part of the way Americans think of their country.
**loge** /ləʊʒ/ *n* in a theatre or concert hall, the front part of the BALCONY: *We had seats in the loge.*
**log·ger** /'lɒgər||'lɔː-, 'lɑː-/ *n* a person whose job is to cut down trees
**log·ger·heads** /'lɒgəhedz||'lɔːgər-, 'lɑː-/ *n at* **loggerheads (with)** always disagreeing (with); holding completely opposing views (to)
**log·gi·a** /'lɒdʒiə||'lɑːdʒə/ *n* a sort of open-sided room at the side of a house or other building
**lo·gic** /'lɒdʒɪk||'lɑː-/ *n* [U] **1** the science or study of careful reasoning by formal methods **2** a particular way of reasoning: *I didn't follow her logic.* | *business logic* **3** *infml* reasonable thinking; good sense: *There's no logic in spending money on things you don't need.*
**lo·gic·al** /'lɒdʒɪkəl||'lɑː-/ *adj* **1** according to the rules of logic: *a logical argument* **2** having or showing good clear reasoning; sensible: *the logical thing to do* | *It's logical that people who earn more money should pay higher taxes.* → opposite ILLOGICAL
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