Usually means: Praise highly in public context.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. laud: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Laud, laud: Merriam-Webster
  3. laud: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. laud: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. laud: Collins English Dictionary
  6. laud: Vocabulary.com
  7. Laud, Laud, laud: Wordnik
  8. laud: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. laud: Wiktionary
  10. laud: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. laud: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. laud: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Laud, laud: Dictionary.com
  14. laud (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. laud: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Laud: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Laud: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. laud: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. laud: Rhymezone
  20. laud: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. laud: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. laud: FreeDictionary.org
  23. laud: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Laud: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. laud-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. laud: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Laud: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. LAUD: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. laud: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  Glorification or praise.
▸ noun:  Hymn of praise.
▸ noun:  (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To praise; to glorify.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Whitley County, Indiana, United States.

Similar:
extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim, laudation, plaudit, extollation, praise, gloria, elogium, more...

Opposite:
criticize, condemn, denounce, disparage, censure

Types:
ovation, acclamation, applause, cheers, clapping, handclapping, handclap, more...

Phrases:
William Laud, laud william, Howling Laud Hope, Derek Laud, more...

Adjectives:
native, own, dry, good, more, table, little, whole, arable, high, main

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     bronze,     royal blue,     ruby red, more...

↻From "Poem 8" by Edmund Spenser:

As in approuance doe thereto applaud
And loud aduance her laud,
1 of 3 verses

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Similar:
extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim, laudation, plaudit, extollation, praise, gloria, elogium, more...

Opposite:
criticize, condemn, denounce, disparage, censure

Types:
ovation, acclamation, applause, cheers, clapping, handclapping, handclap, more...

Phrases:
William Laud, laud william, Howling Laud Hope, Derek Laud, more...

Adjectives:
native, own, dry, good, more, table, little, whole, arable, high, main

Colors:
    gold,     silver,     bronze,     royal blue,     ruby red, more...



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