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less

PREP

menos

ADV

less

ADV

ADJ

less

ADJ

menos que

less

no less so

menos de

less than

menos que

less than

desburocratizar

V

to make less bureaucratic

V

desespañolizar

V

to cause to become less Spanish

V

V

to make less dense

V

V

to become less

V

V

to become less dense

V

tener sin cuidado

V

to care less

V

entre menos

the less

the less

mucha menos medida

a lot less

No me importa un bledo.

I couldn't care less.

N

The result of extrapolating financial data collected from a period of time less than one year to a full year

no importarse un bledo

Informal, No me importa un bledo

not to care about

I couldn't care less

NF Plural

N Plural

ADJ

ADJ

ADJ

lesser

ADJ

menor

ADJ

lesser

ADJ

NM

lesser spotted dogfish

N

NM

lesser spotted dogfish

N

NM

N

NM

N

NF

lessor

N

NM

N

brotola de fango

NF

lesser forkbeard

N

NM

N

NF

lesser egret

N

NM

lesser cuttlefish

N

NF

lesson

N

NM

lessening

N

arrendatario

lessee

brotola de fango

lesser forkbeard

menos

lesser

VI

to lessen

VI

V

to lessen

V

V

to lessen

V

V

to lessen

V

V

to lessen

V

V

to lessen

V

V

to lessen

V

V

to learn one's lesson

V

menguar

V

to lessen

V

V

to lessen

V

V

to lessen

V

mermar

V

to lessen decrease

V

V

to lessen

V

V

to lessen

V

V

to lessen

V

lección inicial

NF

starter lesson

N

lección

NF

N

lesson

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English Definitions

less

(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

less

(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality

less

(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

less

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

less

comparative of little

less-traveled

not visited by many travelers

lessee

N

a tenant who holds a lease

lessen

V

decrease in size, extent, or range

lessen

V

make smaller

lessen

V

wear off or die down

impaired by diminution

lessened

decreased in severity; made less harsh

lessening

N

a change downward

N

French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)

lesser

of less size or importance

lesser

smaller in size or amount or value

lesser anteater

N

small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America

Lesser Antilles

N

a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies

lesser ape

N

gibbons and siamangs

lesser bullrush

N

reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia

lesser burdock

N

a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa

lesser butterfly orchid

N

south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria

lesser calamint

N

low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States

lesser celandine

N

perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles

lesser centaury

N

common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes

lesser duckweed

N

of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia

lesser galangal

N

Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring

lesser hemlock

N

European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten

lesser knapweed

N

a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized

lesser kudu

N

a smaller variety of kudu

lesser omentum

N

a part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and liver and supporting the hepatic vessels

lesser panda

N

reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

lesser peritoneal cavity

N

an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach

lesser prairie chicken

N

a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas

lesser rhomboid muscle

N

rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward

lesser rorqual

N

small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific

lesser scaup

N

common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads

lesser scaup duck

N

common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads

lesser spearwort

N

semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand

Lesser Sunda Islands

N

a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor

lesser twayblade

N

orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rust-colored flowers with the lip flushed mauve; Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland

lesser whitethroat

N

Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller

lesser wintergreen

N

the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America

lesser yellow trefoil

N

clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock

lesser yellowlegs

N

a variety of yellowlegs

N

German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781)

Lessing

N

English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919)

lesson

N

a unit of instruction

lesson

N

punishment intended as a warning to others

lesson

N

the significance of a story or event

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