ALL meanings of lateral
lat·er·al
L l - adjective lateral of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view. 1
- adjective lateral pertaining to or entailing a position, office, etc., that is different but equivalent or roughly equivalent in status, as distinguished from a promotion or demotion: a lateral move. 1
- adjective lateral Phonetics. articulated so that the breath passes on either or both sides of the tongue, as l. 1
- noun lateral a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot. 1
- noun lateral Mining. a small drift off to the side of a principal one. 1
- noun lateral Phonetics. a lateral speech sound. 1
- noun lateral Football. lateral pass. 1
- verb without object lateral Football. to throw a lateral pass. 1
- verb without object lateral to move laterally or sideways: migrating birds lateraling down into Cape May. 1
- verb with object lateral Football. to throw (the ball) in a lateral pass. 1
- noun lateral Of, at, toward, or from the side or sides. 1
- adjective lateral sideways 1
- adjective lateral oblique, not straightforward 1
- adjective lateral Lateral means relating to the sides of something, or moving in a sideways direction. 0
- adjective lateral of or relating to the side or sides 0
- adjective lateral (of a speech sound like l) pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the centre of the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides for the passage of the airstream 0
- noun lateral a lateral object, part, passage, or movement 0
- noun lateral a lateral speech sound 0
- noun lateral a branch, leaf, or bud that grows out from the side of a stem or trunk 0
- adjective lateral of, at, from, on, or toward the side; sideways 0
- adjective lateral articulated by partial blockage of the air passage with the tongue in such a way that breath escapes along one or both sides of the tongue 0
- adjective lateral growing on the side of a stem or branch 0
- noun lateral anything located, done, etc. to the side; lateral part, growth, branch, etc. 0
- noun lateral a short pass parallel to the goal line or in a slightly backward direction 0
- noun lateral a drift off to the side of and parallel to a main drift 0
- noun lateral a lateral sound, as (l) 0
- verb transitive lateral to pass (the ball) as a lateral (sense 5) 0