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lama — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lama noun A senior teacher or spiritual master in Tibetan Buddhism.
  • llama noun A South American pack animal related to the camel, kept for its wool and as a beast of burden.
  • mire noun An area of deep, soft mud or wet, boggy ground.
  • MUD noun A soft, wet mixture of soil and water.
  • slush noun Partly melted snow or ice, typically slippery and messy.

Senses

lama is used for these senses in English:

  • lama A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
  • llama A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
  • mire Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
  • mud A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
  • mud (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
  • slush Liquid mud or mire.

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