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lute
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noun
a stringed musical instrument having a long, fretted neck and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body with a vaulted back.
verb (used without object), lut·ed, lut·ing.
to play a lute.
verb (used with object), lut·ed, lut·ing.
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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Origin of lute
1First recorded in 1325â75; Middle English lut(e), luet, luit, from Middle French, Old French leut, lut, from Old Provençal laut, from Arabic al ÊżĆ«d oud
Words nearby lute
lusty, lusus naturae, LĂŒ-ta, lutanist, Lut Desert, lute, luteal, luteal cell, luteal phase, lutefisk, lutein
Other definitions for lute (2 of 3)
lute2
[ loot ]
/ lut /
noun
verb (used with object), lut·ed, lut·ing.
to seal or cement with luting.
Origin of lute
2First recorded in 1375â1425; late Middle English, from Old French lut and Medieval Latin lutum, âmud, dirt, clay; clay for modelingâ
Other definitions for lute (3 of 3)
lute3
[ loot ]
/ lut /
noun
a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.
verb (used with object), lut·ed, lut·ing.
to spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute.
Origin of lute
3An Americanism dating back to 1870â75; from Dutch loet
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British Dictionary definitions for lute (1 of 2)
lute1
/ (luËt) /
noun
an ancient plucked stringed instrument, consisting of a long fingerboard with frets and gut strings, and a body shaped like a sliced pear
Word Origin for lute
C14: from Old French lut, via Old Provençal from Arabic al `ƫd, literally: the wood
British Dictionary definitions for lute (2 of 2)
lute2
/ (luËt) /
noun
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
verb
(tr) to seal (a joint or surface) with lute
Word Origin for lute
C14: via Old French ultimately from Latin lutum clay
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