lot
lot
- n (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a lot of money - n a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
he bought a lot on the lake - n an unofficial association of people or groups
they were an angry lot - n your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
has a happy lot - n anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
they drew lots for it - n any collection in its entirety
- n (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
- v divide into lots, as of land, for example
- v administer or bestow, as in small portions
- A lot of it, though, came from Clinton herself.
- If "Join the Taliban or we'll slit your throat" is the most popular bumpersticker then we have a lot of work to do.
- BRIN: It takes a lot of getting used to.