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2. Informal, chap, guy, fellow, Dial, feller, Brit. cove, pal, chum, joker.
ladder, n. 1. stairs, stairway, stepladder, library steps, folding ladder; companionway, rigging, scaling ladder, fire escape; All Naut. jack ladder, pilot ladder, Jacob's ladder.
2. ascent, upward mobility; hierarchy, scale, stratification, social order or organization, pecking order.
lade, v. 1. load, laden, stevedore, freight, pack, stow; fill or fill up, cram, pack in, pile in.
2. burden, encumber, charge, weigh down, overburden, overload.
3. ladle, dip, scoop up, draw up, lift up. See - ladlt (def 2).
laden, adj. burdened, loaded, weighted, encumbered, charged, weighed down, heavy-laden; full, filled, Archaic. fraught, replete; saturated, filled to the gills or brim, topful, brimful, brimming, filled to overflowing; chockfull, cram-full, stuffed, jammed, packed.
la-di-da, adj. Informal. 1. affected, mannered, unnatural, artificial, foppish, excessively refined; pretentious, show-offish, conceited, snobbish, snobby, Inf. snooty, Inf. snotty. -n. 2. affected behavior, unnaturalness, artificialness, artificiality, foppishness; pretentiousness, show-offishness, conceitedness, snobbishness, snobbiness, snobbery, Inf. snootiness, Inf. snottiness.
3. dandy, jack-a-dandy, fop, coxcomb, exquisite, SI. swell.
lading, n. cargo, freight, freightage, haul, load, burden, charge, weight; shipment, shipload, boatload, wagonload, cartload, truckload, Chiefly U.S. carload; contents, merchandise, goods, stuff, baggage, bags, luggage, boxes.
ladle, n. 1. dipper, scoop, spoon; bail, bailer, bucket, vessel, container, receptacle.
-v. 2. dip, scoop or scoop up, draw up, lift up, raise up; spoon out, dish up or out, shovel out, bail out, bail, bucket up or out; (all with a ladle) transfer, convey, carry.
lady, n. 1. gentlewoman, noblewoman, milady, dona, donna, (in India) begum; countess, duchess, marchioness, margravine, archduchess, viscountess, peeress, baroness; princess, maharanee, (in India) ranee, queen, empress, czarina, czarevna, first lady.
2. woman, female, matron, SI. dame; madame, madam, Mrs., Ms., mistress, Chiefly Scot. goodwife, senora, senhora, Ger. Frau, signora, (in India) mem-sahib; young lady, mademoiselle, miss, senhorita, se-norita, signorina; young woman, SI. chick, girl, little miss, Inf. filly.
3. wife, woman, Inf. little woman, SI. better half; helpmate, spouse, mate, partner.
-adj. 4. female, feminine, woman.
ladylike, adj. 1. womanlike, womanly, womanish, feminine, female.
2. gentlewomanly, noble, genteel, aristocratic, high-class, wellborn; refined, cultured, cultivated, polished, finished; dignified, courtly, stately, elegant, queenly; respectable, matronly, matronal, proper, correct, formal, decorous; well-bred, well brought up, well-behaved, well-mannered, mannerly; mild-mannered, gentle, nice, considerate, gracious, well-spoken, polite, courteous, civil, kind.
ladylove, n. sweetheart, heartthrob, truelove, love of one's life, love. Inf. flame, Fr. amour; darling, beloved, angel, idol, apple of one's eye, pet, sweet, precious, jewel, dear one, honey; girlfriend, girl, best girl, steady, SI. baby, woman, SI. old lady; lover, paramour, Fr. amante, inamorata, Fr. intime', mistress, Archaic, doxy, concubine, Fr. covivante, kept-woman.
lag, v. 1. loiter, linger, dally, dillydally, waste time, trifle, idle, dawdle, Si. mess around, tarry, delay, procrastinate, put off; hang back, drag one's feet, shuffle, move slowly, inch along, poke, move at a snail's pace; saunter, stroll, U.S. Inf. mosey, take one's time, go leisurely; fall back, fall behind, trail, Inf. bring up the rear.
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