Definitions for Lily

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Lily lil·y

Spelling: [lil-ee]

IPA: /ˈlɪl i/

Lily is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in Lily (illy).

Definitions for Lily

noun

1. any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers. Compare lily family.
2. the flower or the bulb of such a plant.
3. any of various related or similar plants or their flowers, as the mariposa lily or the calla lily.
4. fleur-de-lis, especially as the symbol of France.
5. Bowling. a split in which the five, seven, and ten pins remain standing.
6. a female given name.

Idioms

1. gild the lily. gild1 (def 4).

adjective

1. white as a lily:
2. delicately fair:
3. pure; unsullied:
4. pale; fragile; weak.

Origin of Lily

before 1000; Middle English, Old English lilie Latin līlium; compare Greek leírion

Examples for Lily

He was altogether unprepared for the reception which the lily received.

And were the lily and her lover to be more fortunate than all those millions?

lily told how she once found her mother sitting in front of the television and crying.

Deer came at night to feed on the lily buds on the lake borders.

lily Allen explained away the poor sales and ho-hum critical reception to Sheezus by…basically blaming other people.

I met him because his daughter, lily, and my daughter, Harley, are friends.

Flora, whom he had left a lily, had become a peony; but that was not much.

Then at last she reached forth her hand and broke the lily from its stalk.

One person who tuned into my story was Matt Creed, the director of lily.

At least for now, Modern Family is taking the less-is-more approach, and resisting turning it into The lily Show.