(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something). / (transitive) To need, thrive on.

(racquet sports, billiards) Zero, no score. / Nothing; no recompense.

Alternative form of lofe (“to praise, sell”)

Alternative spelling of loanword.

(transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch. / (transitive, colloquial) To throw. / (transitive, colloquial) To put, place.

(ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.

A lump. / (obsolete) A country bumpkin; a yokel. / A clumsy person. / The person who comes last in a race. / A lobworm.

A fish, the European pollock.

(mining) To cob (chip off unwanted pieces of stone).

Asio otus, a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. Long eared owls are partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of their range.