lion /līˈən/

1. A large, fierce, tawny, loud-roaring animal of the cat family, the male having a shaggy mane (fem liˈoness)
2. A person of unusual courage (figurative)
3. (with cap and the) Leo
4. Any object of interest, esp a famous or conspicuous person much sought after (from the lions once kept in the Tower, one of the sights of London)
5. A Scottish coin of James VI, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings Scots
6. (with cap) a member of an international organization of professional people's clubs (the Lions), with charitable, etc aims

liˈoncel, liˈoncelle or liˈonel noun (heraldry)

A small lion used as a bearing

liˈonet noun

A young lion

liˈonism noun

1. Lionizing
2. A lion-like appearance occurring in leprosy

lionizāˈtion or lionisāˈtion noun

liˈonize or liˈonise transitive verb

1. To treat as a hero or celebrity
2. To go around the sights of
3. To show the sights to (rare)

liˈonizer or liˈoniser noun

• on the bash
• on the batter
• on the beam
• on the bench
• on the bias
• on the bit
• on the blink
• on the block
• on the boil
• on the bone
• on the bot
• on the bounce
• on the bow hand
• on the brain
• on the breadline
• on the brink of
• on the broo
• on the buroo
• on the button
• on the cadge
• on the cards
• on the carpet
• on the cheap
• on the chopping block
• on the club