Leather

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The dressed or tanned hide of an animal, usually with the hair removed.
  • n. Any of various articles or parts made of dressed or tanned hide, such as a boot or strap.
  • n. The flap of a dog's ear.
  • v. To cover wholly or in part with the dressed or tanned hide of an animal.
  • v. Informal To beat with a strap made of hide.
  • adj. Made of, relating to, or resembling dressed or tanned animal hide.
  • adj. Slang Of, relating to, or patronized by people who dress in leather clothing primarily to indicate a preference for sadomasochistic sex: leather types; a leather bar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
  • n. A piece of the above used for polishing.
  • n. A cricket ball or football.
  • n. clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
  • n. A good defensive play
  • adj. Made of leather.
  • adj. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
  • v. To cover with leather.
  • v. To strike forcefully.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the hair removed, and tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
  • n. The skin.
  • v. To beat, as with a thong of leather.
  • adj. Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed skin of an animal; dressed hides or skins collectively.
  • n. Human skin.
  • n. A round piece, of tanned hide on the end of a fish-hook, designed to keep the bait from sliding up on the line.
  • n. The loose hanging part of a dog's ear.
  • n. Leather finished for use without artificial coloring, as that of which shoes are made for use in hot weather.
  • n. Hence— Leather slightly colored, tinged red or yellowish-brown, for use in the same way.
  • Consisting of leather; leathern: as, a leather glove.
  • To furnish with leather; apply leather to; form into leather; tan.
  • To beat or thrash with or as with a thong of leather.
  • To beat; strike.
  • n. In cricket, the ball.
  • n. plural Wearing-apparel made of leather, as breeches, leggings, etc.
  • n. One who wears ‘leathers.’
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. whip with a leather strap
  • n. an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
  • Verb Form
    leathered    leathering    leathers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    strap    welt    slash    trounce    flog    lather    lash    whip   
    Form
    leathered    leathering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chamois    shammy    kid    dogskin    calfskin    calf    cowhide    doeskin    pigskin    porpoiseskin   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Heather    altogether    feather    get-together    heather    nether    tether    together    weather    whether   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    silk    cloth    plastic    canvas    wool    metal    fur    boot    hide    skin