Lent vs. Lint

Lentnoun

alternative form of Lent|

Lentverb

simple past tense and past participle of lend

Lent

imp. & p. p. of Lend.

Lentnoun

A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.

Lentadjective

Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.

Lentadjective

See Lento.

Lentnoun

a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday

Lentnoun

(in the Christian Church) the period preceding Easter, which is devoted to fasting, abstinence, and penitence in commemoration of Christ's fasting in the wilderness. In the Western Church it runs from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, and so includes forty weekdays.

Lentnoun

the boat races held at Cambridge University in the Lent term.

Lent

Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is a religious observance in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later; depending on the Christian denomination and local custom, Lent concludes either on the evening of Maundy Thursday, or at sundown on Holy Saturday, when the Easter Vigil is celebrated. Regardless, Lenten practices are properly maintained until the evening of Holy Saturday.

Lintnoun

A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

Lintnoun

Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

Lintnoun

The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.

Lintnoun

Raw cotton ready for baling.

Lintverb

To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.

Lintnoun

Flax.

Lintnoun

Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.

Lintnoun

fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

Lintnoun

cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds