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.
Origin of lute
1Other definitions for lute (2 of 3)
to seal or cement with luting.
Origin of lute
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.
Origin of lute
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How to use lute in a sentence
There has been too much playing of lutes, too much worldly anticipation and imagining among us.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousThe knights rode in their tourneys, and tinkled their lutes in praise of some maiden in far and pleasant France.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis"Such words are more melodious than the sound of many marble lutes," said Ten-teh, sinking back as though in repose.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours | Ernest BramahInsane laughter re-echoed in his ears, and the music of lutes, irresistible in its languor-compelling potency.
The Doomsman | Van Tassel SutphenOrpheus and Agne followed next to Herse and the steward, and after them came two slaves, carrying the lutes and pipes.
Serapis, Complete | Georg Ebers
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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