LADY


Meaning of LADY in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ elderly , middle-aged , old , young

A little old ~ opened the door.

▪ attractive , beautiful , lovely , pretty , sexy

▪ charming , fine , kind , lovely , nice , sweet , wonderful

a sweet old ~

▪ proper

I was never taught how to be a proper ~.

▪ cleaning , dinner ( BrE ), lunch ( AmE ), tea ( BrE )

a school dinner ~

a high-school lunch ~

▪ leading

Leading ~ Uma Thurman does a great job in this picture.

▪ first

the former first ~ of the United States

▪ church ( esp. AmE )

▪ society

▪ lollipop ( BrE )

▪ bag

LADY + NOUN

▪ friend

We teased my uncle about his new ~ friend.

PHRASES

▪ a ~ of leisure ( esp. BrE )

She's a ~ of leisure now that she's retired.

▪ ladies who lunch ( humorous )

▪ the ~ of the house

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .