"lib" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lib.wav [Southern-England] Forms: libs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪb Etymology: Abbreviation for various words beginning in lib-. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lib (countable and uncountable, plural libs)
  1. (politics) liberal Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics, Liberalism
    Sense id: en-lib-en-noun-VZNZ8HhQ Disambiguation of Liberalism: 39 22 1 28 5 5 Topics: government, politics
  2. liberation Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lib-en-noun-pAdYZK1e
  3. library Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lib-en-noun-txjxNU9y
  4. libertarian Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lib-en-noun-3lnL7wuk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 23 6 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 5 1 28 31 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lib.wav [Southern-England] Forms: libs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪb Etymology: From Middle English libbe, from Old English lybb, lyb (“medicine, drug, potion, poison, charm”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubi, from Proto-Germanic *lubją (“wort, herb, drug, poison”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *lewb- (“to peel, break, damage”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut, remove, prune, separate”). Cognate with German Luppe, Lüppe (“salve, ointment, plant juice, medicine, magic”), Icelandic lyf (“medicine, drug”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|libbe}} Middle English libbe, {{inh|en|ang|lybb}} Old English lybb, {{m|ang|lyb||medicine, drug, potion, poison, charm}} lyb (“medicine, drug, potion, poison, charm”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*lubi}} Proto-West Germanic *lubi, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lubją||wort, herb, drug, poison}} Proto-Germanic *lubją (“wort, herb, drug, poison”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewbʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, {{m|ine-pro|*lewb-||to peel, break, damage}} *lewb- (“to peel, break, damage”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*lew-||to cut, remove, prune, separate}} Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut, remove, prune, separate”), {{cog|de|Luppe}} German Luppe, {{m|de|Lüppe||salve, ointment, plant juice, medicine, magic}} Lüppe (“salve, ointment, plant juice, medicine, magic”), {{cog|is|lyf||medicine, drug}} Icelandic lyf (“medicine, drug”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lib (plural libs)
  1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A potion; magic potion; charm; concoction. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-lib-en-noun-xRoRj26i Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 5 1 28 31 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɪb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lib.wav [Southern-England] Forms: libs [present, singular, third-person], libbing [participle, present], libbed [participle, past], libbed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪb Etymology: From Middle English *libben (suggested by libbyng (“gelding”), lybbere (“gelder”)), related to Dutch lubben (“to castrate, emasculate”), Dutch libbe (“a steer”), lubbert (“a eunuch”). Further relation uncertain. Possibly related to Old English *lybban (“to doctor”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubbjan; or perhaps related to Old English lappa, læppa (“lappet, piece, section, lobe, portion, district”). More at lop. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|*libben}} Middle English *libben, {{m|enm|libbyng|t=gelding}} libbyng (“gelding”), {{m|enm|lybbere|t=gelder}} lybbere (“gelder”), {{cog|nl|-}} Dutch, {{m|dum|lubben||to castrate, emasculate}} lubben (“to castrate, emasculate”), {{cog|nl|libbe||a steer}} Dutch libbe (“a steer”), {{m|nl|lubbert||a eunuch}} lubbert (“a eunuch”), {{cog|ang|*lybban||to doctor}} Old English *lybban (“to doctor”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*lubbjan}} Proto-West Germanic *lubbjan, {{cog|ang|lappa}} Old English lappa, {{m|ang|læppa||lappet, piece, section, lobe, portion, district}} læppa (“lappet, piece, section, lobe, portion, district”), {{l|en|lop}} lop Head templates: {{en-verb}} lib (third-person singular simple present libs, present participle libbing, simple past and past participle libbed)
  1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals). Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Related terms: glib, libbert, libbet
    Sense id: en-lib-en-verb-5FluFg1G Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 5 1 28 31 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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        "Scottish English"
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