lute in Sindhi سنڌي
lute in Telugu తెలుగు
lute in English
- lute⇄lute (1), noun, verb, luted,luting.
- lute⇄lute (2), noun, verb, luted,luting.
- lute⇄noun a stringed musical instrument, much used in former times, having a long neck and a hollow, resonant body. It is like a large mandolin and is played by plucking the strings with the fingers of one hand or with a plectrum.
- lute⇄noun 1. a sealing compound of clay used around joints in pipes, on walls, or the like, to prevent leakage or seepage by gas or water.
2. (U.S.) a tool used to scrape excess clay from a brick mold. - lute⇄v.i. 1. to play on a lute.
2. (Poetic.) to sound like a lute.
Ex. Her new voice luting soft, Cried, ""Lycius!"" (Keats). - lute⇄v.t. (Poetic.) to express with or as if with the music of a lute.
Ex. Knaves are men, that lute and flute fantastic tenderness (Tennyson). - lute⇄v.t. to seal (a pipe, wall, or the like) with lute.