lot /lɒt/
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"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
synset: batch, deal, flock, good_deal, great_deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite_a_little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy_sum, wad
2. a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
synset: lot
3. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
synset: set, circle, band, lot
4. 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"
synset: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
5. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
6. any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
7. (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
synset: Lot
1. divide into lots, as of land, for example
synset: lot
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"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
synset: distribute, administer, mete_out, deal, parcel_out, lot, dispense, shell_out, deal_out, dish_out, allot, dole_out
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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