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lib

/ˈlɪb/

lib noun: liberal.

Noun (1)

lib (countable and uncountable, plural libs)

  1. liberal
    • own the libs
  2. liberation
    • women's lib
  3. library
  4. libertarian

Noun (2)

lib (plural libs)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A potion; magic potion; charm; concoction.

Verb

lib (third-person singular simple present libs, present participle libbing, simple past and past participle libbed)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals).

Proper noun (1) capitalized: LIB

LIB

  1. (Canada, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Liberal Party.
    1. (UK, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Liberal Democrat Party.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Libertarian Party.
    1. (US, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Libertarian Party.

Noun (3) capitalized: LIB

LIB (plural LIBs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of lithium-ion battery.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Lib

Lib

  1. (US) The Libertarian party.
  2. The astrological sign, Libra.

Noun (4) capitalized: Lib

Lib (plural Libs)

  1. (Australian) A member of the Liberal Party of Australia.
  2. (Canadian) A member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
    • The same people will have you believe that François Legault — a man who calls himself “prime minister of the Quebec nation” — would gladly watch his beloved nation’s hospital system crumble just to own the Libs.2022 December 22, Rahim Mohamed, “Rahim Mohamed: Team Trudeau gaslighting Canadians on health transfers”, in National Post

lib meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

lib in Hindi

लिब

lib in Tamil

லிப், லிப் க்கு

lib in Marathi

लिब

lib in Bengali

লিব, লিবের কাছে
More languagesFewer languages
lib in Telugu
లిబ్
lib in Malayalam
ലിബ്, ലിബിലേക്ക്, ലിബ് ലേക്ക്
lib in Kannada
ಲಿಬ್, ಲಿಬ್ಗೆ
lib in Punjabi
ਲਿਬ, ਲਿਬ ਤੱਕ
lib in Gujarati
લિબ
lib in Odia
ଲିବ୍, ଲିବ
lib in Nepali
लिब, लिब गर्न

Forms of lib

Noun
plurallibs
pluralLIBs
pluralLibs
Verb
third-person singular presentlibs
present participlelibbing
past participlelibbed
pastlibbed

Plural of lib: libs

Origin of lib

Abbreviation for various words beginning in lib-.

Inherited 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”).

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.

Words formed from lib

Phrases with lib

Words that rhyme with lib

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Questions about lib

What does lib mean?
Lib means liberal.
What is lib in Hindi?
Lib in Hindi is लिब. See Lib meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lib?
Lib can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lib?
Lib is pronounced /ˈlɪb/.
What is the plural of lib?
The plural of lib is libs.

Words near lib in the dictionary

  1. liatris
  2. liatrises
  3. Liaw
  4. Liawenee
  5. Liaws
  6. lib
  7. Lib Dem
  8. Lib Dems
  9. lib out
  10. lib'ral
  11. lib'rals

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lib (page history and authors); LIB (page history and authors); Lib (page history and authors); lib (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lib (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lib (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lib (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lib (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lib (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lib (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lib (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lib (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lib (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lib (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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