English
leer
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /lɪə/
  • (America) IPA: /lɪɹ/
Verb

leer (leers, present participle leering; past and past participle leered)

  1. (intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
  2. (transitive) To entice with a leer or leers.
    • To gild a face with smiles; and leer a man to ruin.
Conjugation


conjugation of leer

infinitive leer
present participle leering
past participle leered
simple progressive perfect perfect progressive
present I leer we leer I am leering we are leering I have leered we have leered I have been leering we have been leering
you leer you leer you are leering you are leering you have leered you have leered you have been leering you have been leering
he leers they leer he is leering they are leering he has leered they have leered he has been leering they have been leering
past I leered we leered I was leering we were leering I had leered we had leered I had been leering we had been leering
you leered you leered you were leering you were leering you had leered you had leered you had been leering you had been leering
he leered they leered he was leering they were leering he had leered they had leered he had been leering they had been leering
future I will leer we will leer I will be leering we will be leering I will have leered we will have leered I will have been leering we will have been leering
you will leer you will leer you will be leering you will be leering you will have leered you will have leered you will have been leering you will have been leering
he will leer they will leer he will be leering they will be leering he will have leered they will have leered he will have been leering they will have been leering
conditional I would leer we would leer I would be leering we would be leering I would have leered we would have leered I would have been leering we would have been leering
you would leer you would leer you would be leering you would be leering you would have leered you would have leered you would have been leering you would have been leering
he would leer they would leer he would be leering they would be leering he would have leered they would have leered he would have been leering they would have been leering
imperative leer

Translations Noun

leer (plural leers)

  1. A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.
  2. An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance.
Translations
  • German: lüsterner Blick, anzügliches Grinsen
  • Russian: косо́й взгляд
Noun

leer (plural leers)

  1. (obsolete) The cheek.
  2. (obsolete) The face.
  3. (obsolete) One's appearance; countenance.
    • c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
      A loueli ladi of lere · in lynnen yclothed / Come down fram a castel.
    • c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene i]:
      a Rosalind of a better leer than you
  4. (obsolete) Complexion; hue; colour.
  5. (obsolete) Flesh; skin.
  6. (UK dialectal) The flank or loin.
Adjective

leer

  1. (obsolete) Empty; unoccupied; clear.
    a leer stomach
  2. (obsolete) Destitute; lacking; wanting.
  3. (obsolete) Faint from lack of food; hungry.
  4. (UK dialectal, obsolete) Thin; faint.
  5. (obsolete) Having no load or burden; free; without a rider.
    a leer horse
  6. (obsolete) Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous.
    leer words
Verb

leer (leers, present participle leering; past and past participle leered)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To teach.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To learn.
Noun

leer (plural leers)

  1. Alternative form of lehr


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