leer

  • 61leer — 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… …

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  • 62leer — [lɪə] verb [I] to look at someone in an unpleasant way that shows you are sexually interested in them leer noun [C] …

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  • 63leer — [[t]lɪər[/t]] v. i. 1) to look with a sideways glance, esp. suggestive of lascivious interest or malicious intention 2) a lascivious or sly look • Etymology: 1520–30 leer′ing•ly, adv …

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  • 64leer —  empty. Wilts. A leer waggon, an empty waggon. In the Exmoor dialect, LEERY …

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  • 65leer — 1. v. & n. v.intr. look slyly or lasciviously or maliciously. n. a leering look. Derivatives: leeringly adv. Etymology: perh. f. obs. leer cheek f. OE hleor, as though to glance over one s cheek 2. var. of LEHR …

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  • 66Leer (Baja Sajonia) — Leer Bandera …

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  • 67Leer (Horstmar) — Leer Stadt Horstmar Koordinaten …

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  • 68leer´i|ness — leer|y 1 «LIHR ee», adjective, leer|i|er, leer|i|est. Informal. 1. suspicious; wary; doubtful: »We are leery of his ad …

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  • 69leer essen — leer||es|sen auch: leer es|sen 〈V. tr. 129; hat〉 den Teller leer essen alles aufessen, was auf dem T. liegt * * * leer es|sen, leer|es|sen <unr. V.; hat: so viel essen, dass etw. leer ist …

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  • 70leer´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… …

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