Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Scotland)Shelter.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Love me lithe, love me long.

    ruЛюби меня гибко, люби меня долго. — Ooneykcall

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  2. This ballerina has a lithe body.

    ruУ этой балерины гибкое тело. — marafon

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  3. Mary has a lithe body.

    ruУ Мэри гибкое тело. — marafon

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  4. Swiftly, her lithe form darted through the forest paths until she reached the edge of the forest.

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  5. Miss Virginia E. Otis was a little girl of fifteen, lithe and lovely as a fawn.

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Origin

Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of lewth.

Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of lewth.

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Forms

plural: lithes
Singularlithe
Plurallithes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
literaryB1literateliteratureB1lithiumlitigationlitreA2litterB2

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