luke
see also: Luke
Pronunciation Adjective

luke (not comparable)

  1. (rare) lukewarm
    • 1881, Ælfric, trans. Walter W. Skeat, Aelfric’s Lives of Saints, page 249:
      Then one of them turned coward on account of the exceeding chill,
      cast away his faith, and desired to bathe himself
      in the luke water, and turned from his companions;
      but he died as soon as he touched the water,
      and the warmness was turned into death to him […]
    • 1983, C. Darrel Sheraw, Lou Horton, and Bill Durbin, The Call Duck Breed Book, page 106:
      Secondly, fresh, preferably luke to warm water must be provided in waterers every day to avoid dehydration, weakening and ‘going light’. […] Warm to luke water is given in waterers as an alternative because all fowl drink more water if it is not excessively cold, […]
    • 2016, Ankur and Vandana Mehrotra, You Can Do It: Find Answers to All Your Questions on How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur Now:
      Same time, if you put the other hand in cold water and then in luke water, you will feel luke warm water is hot.

Luke
Pronunciation Proper noun
  1. A male given name, from grc-koi Λουκᾶς or a shortened form of Lucius.
    • 2005 Dallas Hudgens, Drive Like Hell, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0743251636, page 94:
      "Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter.
  2. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Colossians 4:14 ↗:
      :
      Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
  3. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
  4. Surname, a variant of Luck.
  5. Surname, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
  6. A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  7. A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  8. A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  9. A village in Tartu, Estonia.
  10. A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
  11. A village in Moravica, Serbia.
  12. A town in Maryland, US.
Related terms Translations Translations Translations
  • Italian: Luca
  • Portuguese: Lucas
  • Russian: Евангелие от Луки
  • Spanish: Lucas
Translations
  • French: Louké



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