leer
noun
- provocative stare
verb
- look lasciviously
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪə̯/ / [ˈlɪə̯] / /ˈlɪː/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English lere, from Old English ġelǣr, *lǣre (“empty, void, empty-handed”), from Proto-Germanic *lēziz, *lēzijaz (“empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to collect, pick”). Cognate with Dutch laar (“a clearing in the woods”), German leer (“empty”). Related to Old English lesan (“to gather, collect”). More at lease.
- Empty; unoccupied; clear.
“The horse runs leere away without the man.”
- Destitute; lacking; wanting.
- Faint from lack of food; hungry.
- Thin; faint.
- Having no load or burden; free; without a rider.
“a leer horse”
- Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous.
“leer words”
name
Etymology: From Nuer.
- A town, the county seat of Leer County, Unity State, South Sudan.
- A county of Unity State, South Sudan.
noun
Etymology: See lehr.
- Alternative form of lehr.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English leren, from Old English lǣran (“to teach, instruct, guide, enjoin, advise, persuade, urge, preach, hand down”), from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną (“to teach”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“track, footprint, furrow, trace”). Cognate with Dutch leren (“to teach, to learn”), German lehren (“to teach”), Swedish lära (“to teach”). Related to Old English lār (“lore, learning, science, art of teaching, preaching, doctrine, study, precept, exhortation, advice, instigation, history, story, cunning”). See lore.
- To teach.
- To learn.