Leer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To look with a sidelong glance, indicative especially of sexual desire or sly and malicious intent.
  • n. A desirous, sly, or knowing look.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative form of lehr.
  • v. To teach.
  • v. To learn.
  • adj. Empty; unoccupied; clear.
  • adj. Destitute; lacking; wanting.
  • adj. Faint from lack of food; hungry.
  • adj. Thin; faint.
  • adj. Having no load or burden; free.
  • v. To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
  • v. To entice with a leer or leers.
  • n. A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.
  • n. An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance.
  • n. The cheek.
  • n. The face.
  • n. One's appearance; countenance.
  • n. Complexion; hue; blee; colour.
  • n. Flesh; skin.
  • n. The flank or loin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To learn.
  • adj. Empty of contents.
  • adj. Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden.
  • adj. Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous.
  • n. An oven in which glassware is annealed.
  • n. The cheek.
  • n. Complexion; aspect; appearance.
  • n. A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • v. To entice with a leer, or leers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The cheek; more generally, the face.
  • n. Complexion; hue; color.
  • n. Flesh; skin.
  • n. The flank or loin.
  • To look obliquely or askant; now, especially, to look obliquely with significance; cast a look expressive of some passion, as contempt, malignity, etc., especially a sly or amorous look.
  • To give an oblique glance or leer with.
  • To affect by leering, in a way specified.
  • n. A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; an arch or affected glance or cast of countenance.
  • Empty; unoccupied.
  • Hence Frivolous; trifling.
  • Left.
  • n. A dialectal variant of lire.
  • n. Tape, braid, binding, etc.
  • n. In glass manufacturing, an annealing-furnace in which glassware is slowly cooled and annealed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
  • n. a suggestive or sneering look or grin
  • n. a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
  • Verb Form
    leed    leered    leering    leers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    look    expression    face    aspect    facial expression    scorn    contempt   
    Form
    leered    leering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    learn    trifling    trivolous    complexion    aspect    appearance    gaze    look   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    smirk    sneer    grimace    chuckle    grin    snarl    wink    twinkle    half-smile    glint