leer (verb)

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• leer — ► VERB ▪ look or gaze in a lustful or unpleasant way. ► NOUN ▪ a lustful or unpleasant look. ORIGIN originally meaning «look sideways or askance»: perhaps from an Old English word meaning «cheek» …   English terms dictionary

• leer´ing|ly — leer 1 «lihr», noun, verb. –n. a sly, nasty look to the side; evil glance: »She gives the leer of invitation (Shakespeare). Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer (Alexander Pope). ╂[< verb] –v.i. to give a sly, evil glance. ╂[perhaps… …   Useful english dictionary

• leer — [ lır ] verb intransitive to look at someone in an unpleasant way that shows you are sexually interested in them ╾ leer noun count …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• leer — verb (I) to look at someone in an unpleasant way that shows that you find them sexually attractive (+ at): Stop leering at those girls! leer noun (C): a disgusting leer …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• leer — verb look or gaze in a lascivious or unpleasant way. noun a lascivious or unpleasant look. Derivatives leering adjective leeringly adverb Origin C16 (in the general sense look sideways or askance ): perh. from obs. leer cheek , from OE hlēor …   English new terms dictionary

• leer — leer: Das westgerm. Adjektiv mhd. læ̅re, ahd., asächs. lāri, aengl. ‹ge›læ̅re ist eine Bildung zu dem unter ↑ lesen »sammeln« behandelten Verb und bedeutet demnach eigentlich »was gelesen werden kann« (vom abgeernteten ‹Ähren›feld). Das Adjektiv …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

• leer — UK [lɪə(r)] / US [lɪr] verb [intransitive] Word forms leer : present tense I/you/we/they leer he/she/it leers present participle leering past tense leered past participle leered to look at someone in an unpleasant way that shows you are sexually… …   English dictionary

• leer — I. intransitive verb Etymology: probably from obsolete leer cheek Date: 1530 to cast a sidelong glance; especially to give a leer • leeringly adverb II. noun Date: 1598 a lascivious, knowing, or wanton look …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• leer — [[t]lɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] leers, leering, leered VERB (disapproval) If someone leers at you, they smile in an unpleasant way, usually because they are sexually interested in you. [V prep/adv] ...men standing around, swilling beer and occasionally leering… …   English dictionary

• leer — I. /lɪə / (say lear) noun 1. a side glance, especially of sly or insulting suggestion or significance. –verb (i) 2. to look with a leer. {special use of obsolete leer cheek, Old English hlēor} –leering, adjective –leeringly, adverb II. /lɪə /… …  

• leer — 1. verb Henry leered at her Syn: ogle, look lasciviously at, look suggestively at, eye, check out; informal give someone a/the once over, lust after/over 2. noun a sly leer Syn: lecherous look, lascivious look, ogle; informal the once over, the… …   Thesaurus of popular words