lute
1[ loot ]
/ lut /
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
11325–75; Middle English < Middle French, Old French < Old Provençal laut < Arabic al ʿūd literally, the wood
Words nearby lute
lustrum, lusty, lusus naturae, lut desert, lutanist, lute, lute stern, luteal, luteal cell, luteal phase, lutecium
Definition 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
21375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin lutum, special use of Latin lutum mud, clay
Definition 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
31870–75, Americanism; < Dutch loet
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British Dictionary definitions for lute (1 of 2)
lute1
/ (luːt) /
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 `ūd, literally: the wood
British Dictionary definitions for lute (2 of 2)
lute2
/ (luːt) /
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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