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lėsh|o'·n
vt 1 to release, let go of [ ], let/set [ ] loose, set [ ] free, launch [a ship] 2 to let up on [ ]: stop affecting/hurting [ ] 3 to let [ ] fall, drop 4 to give [ ] up, quit 5 to drop [ ] off, deliver 6 [Colloq] to divorce 7 to unleash the power of [ ]; turn [ ] on; launch [a projectile]; start [a machine] 8 to give (forth/out) [ ]: emit, issue, generate, create, sprout 9 to make room for [ ], give way to [ ]
II§ vi 1 [Colloq] to swarm 2 to be overindulgent, be too tolerant
<> lėsho·n {an illness or bad emotional state} [Colloq] <> get over {}
[ ] lėsho·n3rd {part(s) of one's body} [ ]'s {} get too weak: [ ]'s {} fail
[ ] lėsho·n (me qira) to rent [ ] out
lėsho·n afsh to exhale air (with a whoosh)
lėsho·n armėt to lay down one's arms: stop fighting, stop resisting, surrender
e lėsho·n bajgėn [Crude] to do a sloppy job; be careless in speech
lėsho·n bark 1 to bulge, bulge out; warp 2 to get a fat belly
<> lėsho·n be to beseech <>
lėsho·n be [Intens] = beto'·het
lėsho·n brezin "take off one's belt (for use as a weapon)" 1 to get ready to fight; get the fight started "drop one's belt" 2 to back out of a fight

* lėshta'rpė nf (Bot) setaria, foxtail millet (Setaria)

lėsh|u'a|r adj (i) 1 hanging loose, unbound 2 [Old] (of a woman) divorced 3 weak and in poor health 4 [Fig] completely demoralized, enervated 5 of loose morals