lot

v. divide; allocate

n. object used in making a random decision; act of randomly deciding by casting lots; portion; fate, destiny, fortune; number of connected things or people; type, kind; section of land; film studio; group of items sold as one; large amount

n. Abraham's nephew whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt (Biblical)

everything together; life sentence (Prison Slang)

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Noun
1. (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
(hypernym) Jew, Hebrew, Israelite
(classification) Old Testament

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Noun
1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
(synonym) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
(hypernym) large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
(hyponym) flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
2. a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
(hypernym) tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
(hyponym) parking lot, car park, park, parking area
3. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
(synonym) fortune, destiny, fate, luck, circumstances, portion
(hypernym) condition
(hyponym) good fortune, good luck
4. any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
(synonym) bunch, caboodle
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
5. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
(synonym) set, circle, band
(hypernym) social group
(hyponym) car pool
6. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
(synonym) draw
(hypernym) object, physical object

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Verb
1. divide into lots, as of land, for example
(hypernym) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
2. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"
(synonym) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
(hypernym) give
(hyponym) assign, allot, portion

n. Lot, character from Bible, Abraham's nephew

n. perpendicular, vertical line; plumb, instrument used to set a vertical line, plummet, plumb line; sounder, device for measuring depth

v. fathom, get to the bottom of, measure the depth of

v. solder, unite metal surfaces together with solder

n. Lot, region in France

nm. prize, batch, parcel, lot