Lob vs False - What's the difference?
lob | false |
To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.
(colloquial) To throw.
(colloquial) To put, place
(sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
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(obsolete) To let fall heavily or lazily.
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(ball sports ) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.
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a lump
* {{quote-book, year=1875, author=M.L. Kenny, title=The fortunes of Maurice Cronin, page=126
, passage=And, moreover, I had no sooner set my eyes on the keys, than I remembered where there was a lob of money lying in Purcell's safe, that I -- }}
(obsolete) a country bumpkin, clown
* {{quote-book, 1594, , section=Act II Scene I
, passage=Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I'll be gone: Our queen and all her elves come here anon. }}
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, passage=THE country lob trudged home very much concerned and thoughtful, you may swear; insomuch that his good woman, seeing him thus look moping, weened that something had been stolen from him at market
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun lob
is (computing|databases).As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.lob
English
Etymology 1
Verb
- The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
- The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.
- Lob it in the pot.
citation, page= , passage=Wigan took the lead when Hugo Rodallega lobbed David Stockdale from close range having earlier headed against the post. }}
- And their poor jades / Lob down their heads.
Noun
(en noun)- The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.
citation, page= , passage=Peter Lovenkrands went close for the Magpies, hitting the bar with a fine lob after he had been played in by the excellent Jose Enrique on the left. }}
Derived terms
* lob wedgeEtymology 2
(etyl)Noun
(en noun)citation
Etymology 3
(etyl) lubbe.Etymology 4
Anagrams
* ----false
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}