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» She played a part in the women's lib movement.
Sie spielte eine aktive Rolle in der Frauenemanzipation.
Она сыграла роль в движении в защиту прав женщин.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)Liberal
own the libs
(countable, uncountable)Liberation
women's lib
(countable, uncountable)Library
(countable, uncountable)Libertarian
(Scotland, UK, dialectal)A potion; magic potion; charm; concoction.
Examples
7 sentencesShe played a part in the women's lib movement.
ruОна сыграла роль в движении в защиту прав женщин. — sharptoothed
deSie spielte eine aktive Rolle in der Frauenemanzipation. — xtofu80
She took an active part in the women's lib movement.
Will you ad-lib?
What do you think of my ad libbing?
He forgot part of his speech and had to ad-lib for a while.
deEr vergaß einen Teil seiner Rede und musste eine Weile improvisieren. — virgil
Origin
Abbreviation for various words beginning in lib-. Inherited from Middle English libbe, frAbbreviation for various words beginning in lib-.
Inherited from Middle English libbe, from Old English lybb, lyb (“medicine, drug, potion, poison, charm”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubi, from Proto-Germanic *lubją (“wort, herb, drug, poison”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *lewb- (“to peel, break, damage”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut, remove, prune, separate”). Cognate with German Luppe, Lüppe (“salve, ointment, plant juice, medicine, magic”), Icelandic lyf (“medicine, drug”).
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