Laws

//lɔːz// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of law form-of, plural
  2. 2
    plural of LAW form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of lethal autonomous weapons system. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    The police. US, slang, uncommon
  5. 5
    A minced oath for Lord. dated, possibly

    "Laws, bless us, who'd have thought it!"

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of law form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    plural of Law form-of, plural
  3. 3
    A diminutive of the male given name Lawrence. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California, United States, named after railroad official R. J. Laws. countable, uncountable

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"Even our brains are subject to the laws of physics."

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