lute
1a stringed musical instrument having a long, fretted neck and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body with a vaulted back.
to play a lute.
to perform (music) on a lute: a musician skilled at luting Elizabethan ballads.
to express (a feeling, mood, etc.) by means of a lute: The minstrel eloquently luted his melancholy.
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Other definitions for lute (2 of 3)
to seal or cement with luting.
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2Other definitions for lute (3 of 3)
a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.
to spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute.
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How to use lute in a sentence
However, DHS has not had a permanent deputy secretary in place since the spring, when Jane Holl lute resigned.
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While several names have been floated for her replacement, on Capitol Hill, lute and Allen have the most senior level support.
Carper said lute would get through the Senate quickly and easily.
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That done I went over the water and walked over the fields to Southwark, and so home and to my lute.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysHere every breath was eloquence, every word a poem, and the voice of Mary sweeter than Musa's lute.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisUp by five o'clock, and while my man Will was getting himself ready to come up to me I took and played upon my lute a little.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysParson lute softly entered from the kitchen, wiping the rain from his face and hands, stepping on tiptoe over the bare floor.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman DuncanAnd I said: What do I care for a kingdom in comparison with my lute?
The Substance of a Dream | F. W. Bain
British Dictionary definitions for lute (1 of 2)
/ (luːt) /
an ancient plucked stringed instrument, consisting of a long fingerboard with frets and gut strings, and a body shaped like a sliced pear
Origin of lute
1British Dictionary definitions for lute (2 of 2)
/ (luːt) /
Also called: luting a mixture of cement and clay used to seal the joints between pipes, etc
dentistry a thin layer of cement used to fix a crown or inlay in place on a tooth
(tr) to seal (a joint or surface) with lute
Origin of lute
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