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lute

1

[ loot ]

noun

  1. a stringed musical instrument having a long, fretted neck and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body with a vaulted back.


verb (used without object)

, lut·ed, lut·ing.
  1. to play a lute.

verb (used with object)

, lut·ed, lut·ing.
  1. to perform (music) on a lute:

    a musician skilled at luting Elizabethan ballads.

  2. to express (a feeling, mood, etc.) by means of a lute:

    The minstrel eloquently luted his melancholy.

lute

2

[ loot ]

noun

verb (used with object)

, lut·ed, lut·ing.
  1. to seal or cement with luting.

lute

3

[ loot ]

noun

  1. a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.

verb (used with object)

, lut·ed, lut·ing.
  1. to spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute.

lute

1

/ luːt /

noun

  1. an ancient plucked stringed instrument, consisting of a long fingerboard with frets and gut strings, and a body shaped like a sliced pear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lute

2

/ luːt /

noun

  1. Also calledluting a mixture of cement and clay used to seal the joints between pipes, etc
  2. dentistry a thin layer of cement used to fix a crown or inlay in place on a tooth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to seal (a joint or surface) with lute
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lute1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English lut(e), luet, luit, from Middle French, Old French leut, lut, from Old Provençal laut, from Arabic al ʿūd oud ( def )

Origin of lute2

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Old French lut and Medieval Latin lutum, “mud, dirt, clay; clay for modeling”

Origin of lute3

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; from Dutch loet
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lute1

C14: from Old French lut, via Old Provençal from Arabic al `ūd, literally: the wood

Origin of lute2

C14: via Old French ultimately from Latin lutum clay
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Example Sentences

Its wildly combustible songs were the perfect material for Jules Buckley’s orchestra, who ramped up the album's gothic overtones with harpsichords, lutes and long crescendos of percussion.

From BBC

A Dutch guide to marine life from the late 1500s claims that some whale species “like to hear music played on the lute, harp, flute and similar instruments.”

From Salon

On stage he dances like a Korean performer, to sounds from rain sticks, panpipes and lutes traditional to the Peruvian highlands.

From Reuters

Outside the church, Byrd wrote florid music for the virginal, and pioneered the consort song, a precursor to the lute song.

This object is about 18 lightyears away, located in Lyra, the minor constellation often depicted as a vulture carrying a lute.

From Salon

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