German

Noun

Lobe n

1. plural of Lob

English

Noun

lobe ‎(plural lobes)

1. Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.

   A lobe of lava was crawling down the side of the volcano.

2. (anatomy) A division of the brain or liver.
   • 2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

     The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.

3. (figure skating) A semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:lobe

Derived terms

• lobe-shaped
• trilobite

Related terms

• lobotomy

Translations

External links

• lobe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lobe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

See also

• (brain lobes) brain lobe; frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe ^{(Category: en:Brain)}

Anagrams

• bole

French

Verb

lobe

1. first-person singular present indicative of lober
2. third-person singular present indicative of lober
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lober
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lober
5. second-person singular imperative of lober

German

Verb

lobe

1. First-person singular present of loben.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of loben.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of loben.
4. Imperative singular of loben.

Latin

Noun

lobe

1. vocative singular of lobus