LEER
\lˈi͡ə], \lˈiə], \l_ˈiə]\
Definitions of LEER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a suggestive or sneering look or grin
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look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"
By Princeton University
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To learn.
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Empty of contents.
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Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.
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Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.
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An oven in which glassware is annealed.
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Complexion; aspect; appearance.
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A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.
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To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.
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To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
By Oddity Software
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To learn.
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Empty of contents.
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Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.
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Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.
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An oven in which glassware is annealed.
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Complexion; aspect; appearance.
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A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.
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To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.
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To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] An oblique view;— an affected cast of countenance.
