English

Alternative forms

• lew

Verb

lue ‎(third-person singular simple present lues, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

1. (mining, dialect, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly while mining tin or silver.
   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, p. 116:

     Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.

   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, p. 122:

     Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

References

1. ↑ "lue | lew, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1903), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Danish

Noun

lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)

1. flame
2. tuque, (a knit cap)

Synonyms

• (flame): flamme c
• (knit cap): tophue c, strikkehue c

Inflection

Verb

lue ‎(imperative lu, infinitive at lue, present tense luer, past tense luede, perfect tense har luet)

1. flame

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lu‧e
• Rhymes: pue, tue
• IPA^(key): [ˈlue]

Verb

lue

1. Indicative present connegative form of lukea.

   • (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät lue.
     • I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't read.

2. Second-person singular imperative present form of lukea.

   • Lue!
     • Read!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of lukea.

   • Älä lue!
     • Don't read!

Anagrams

• leu

French

Verb

lue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of lire

Anagrams

• élu, leu

Italian

Noun

lue f ‎(invariable)

1. syphilis

Latin

Verb

lue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of luō