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Definition: Leer |
LeerNoun1. A facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls. 2. A suggestive or sneering look or grin. Verb1. Look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression: "They leer, they simper at her shame": Gay. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "leer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
Note: Leer \Leer\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Leered(l[=e]rd); Leering.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | A long oven in which glassware is annealed as it travels through on a continuous helt. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | See:lehr. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Leer is a town in the Leer District in northwestern Germany, located at the river Ems.It has a railroad connection with the Netherlands: to Groningen (city).
External links
- Official website of the city (German)
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Statistics State: Lower Saxony Adm. Region: Weser-Ems Capital: Leer Area: 1086 km² Inhabitants: 163,800 (2002) pop. density: 151 inh./km² Car identification: LER Website: www.landkreis-leer.de Map Leer is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the city of Emden, the districts of Aurich, Wittmund, Friesland, Ammerland, Cloppenburg and Emsland, and by the Netherlands.
History
For the history prior to 1744 see Ostfriesland.
In 1744 Ostfriesland was annexed by Prussia. In 1867 the region was subdivided into districts, and the districts of Leer and Weener were established. In 1932 these two districts were merged.
The coat of arms is identical to the arms of the East Frisian chieftain dynasty Ukena, rulers of the area during the 15th century.
- Borkum
- Leer
- Weener
Samtgemeinden
- Hesel
- Jümme
Free municipalities
- Bunde
- Jemgum
- Moormerland
- Ostrhauderfehn
- Rhauderfehn
- Uplengen
- Westoverledingen
External links
Official website (German)
Borkum island (German, English, Dutch)Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Leer (district)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LEER | English | Long Endurance Experimental Research Submarine | N/A |
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Synonym: LeerSynonym: sneer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Detraction | Phrase: "damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer; and without sneering, teach the rest to sneer"; another lie nailed to the counter; "cut men's throats with whisperings"; "foul whisperings are abroad" "soft-buzzing slander"; "virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes". |
Indication | Make a sign; n. signalize; underscore; give a signal, hang out a signal; beckon; nod; wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink; gesticulate; raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand; saw the air, "suit the action to the word". |
Gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology, dactylonomy; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show; cue; hint; clue, clew, key, scent. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Leer |
| English words defined with "leer": Flear, Fleer ♦ Leered ♦ Twire. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "leer": Carmelite ♦ Damn with Faint Praise. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Leer" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (learn, leather, teach), Dutch (learn, leather), German (bare, blank, blankly, blanks, devoid, empty, free, frothily, frothy, hollow, idle, no-op, specious, unseeing, untenanted, vacant, vacuous, vacuously, vain, vapid, void), Spanish (read, take, to read). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Leer om leer (1983) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Press and radio women pose with Wyoming's Commanding Officer, Captain Van Leer Kirkman, atop her forward 12"/50 gun turret, while visiting the ship during a press tour of Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, 10 October 1941. Credit: NAVY. |  | Esto si que es leer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CARMELITE, n. A mendicant friar of the order of Mount Carmel. As Death was a-rising out one day, Across Mount Camel he took his way, Where he met a mendicant monk, Some three or four quarters drunk, With a holy leer and a pious grin, Ragged and fat and as saucy as sin, Who held out his hands and cried: "Give, give in Charity's name, I pray. Give in the name of the Church. O give, Give that her holy sons may live!" And Death replied, Smiling long and wide: "I'll give, holy father, I'll give thee -- a ride." With a rattle and bang Of his bones, he sprang From his famous Pale Horse, with his spear; By the neck and the foot Seized the fellow, and put Him astride with his face to the rear. The Monarch laughed loud with a sound that fell Like clods on the coffin's sounding shell: "Ho, ho! A beggar on horseback, they say, Will ride to the devil!" -- and thump Fell the flat of his dart on the rump Of the charger, which galloped away. Faster and faster and faster it flew, Till the rocks and the flocks and the trees that grew By the road were dim and blended and blue To the wild, wild eyes Of the rider -- in size Resembling a couple of blackberry pies. Death laughed again, as a tomb might laugh At a burial service spoiled, And the mourners' intentions foiled By the body erecting Its head and objecting To further proceedings in its behalf. Many a year and many a day Have passed since these events away. The monk has long been a dusty corse, And Death has never recovered his horse. For the friar got hold of its tail, And steered it within the pale Of the monastery gray, Where the beast was stabled and fed With barley and oil and bread Till fatter it grew than the fattest friar, And so in due course was appointed Prior. G.J. |
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| "Leer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 67.50% of the time. "Leer" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 67.5% | 54 | 46,184 |
| Noun (proper) | 20% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 8.75% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 80 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "leer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Leer | Last name | 300 | 25,398 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "leer": leer at. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "leer": mock-leer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
leer | 402 | cover leer truck | 15 |
leer truck cap | 189 | leer spaans | 12 |
leer camper shell | 91 | leer topper | 11 |
leer cap | 63 | leer shell truck | 10 |
leer toppers | 57 | cartas las leer | 10 |
leer camper | 33 | leer tonneau | 9 |
leer hotel | 33 | de leer placer | 8 |
leer toppers truck | 32 | aprendiendo leer | 8 |
grace leer | 30 | leer spaans in spanje | 8 |
leer top truck | 27 | cover leer | 7 |
leer jet | 25 | canopy leer truck | 7 |
leer canopy | 25 | king leer | 7 |
leer top | 22 | correo leer | 6 |
leer tonneau cover | 21 | thijs van leer | 6 |
camper leer top | 21 | bed cover leer | 6 |
accessory leer truck | 21 | cartas leer | 6 |
leer truck | 18 | la leer mano | 6 |
aprender a leer | 16 | el leer tarot | 5 |
leer shell | 15 | leer tarot gratis | 5 |
van leer | 15 | 100xq leer | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "leer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shoh shtrembër, shoh me keqdashje, shikoj me lakmi, shikim nepsqar, shikim i vëngër, nepsqar (greedy, prurient, voracious), i vëngër (cockeye, squint, wall eyed). (various references) | |
Arabic | نظرة خبيثة, نظرة شهوانية, نظر شزرا (skew, squint), غمز (blink, give a wink to, insinuation, ogle, wink, wink at each other). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | циничен поглед, злобен поглед, похотлив поглед, поглеждам злобно, поглеждам похотливо. (various references) | |
Czech | lstivý pohled. (various references) | |
Danish | koeleroer (tunnel lehr), koeleovn (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, lear, lehr), koelebane (tunnel lehr), afspaendingskanal (annealing lehr). (various references) | |
Dutch | koeloven (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, lear, lehr, tunnel lehr). (various references) | |
Farsi | منظر (Appearance, Aspect, Face, Hue, Image, Phantom, Phase, Spectrum, Visage, Wraith), مجوف (Cave, Tubular), نگاه چپ , نگاه کج کردن , نگاه کج (Slant), نگاه دزدکی (Peep, Slink), قیافه (Countenance, Expression, Gesture, Look, Mien, Semblance, Sight), تهی (Barren, Basic, Devoid, Empty, Hollow, Inane, Indigent, Jejune, Toom, Vacuous, Vain, Void), خالی (Arid, Destitute, Empty, Indigent, Mere, Sunken, Unoccupied, Vacant, Vacuous, Void), جنبه (Aspect, Phase, Prospect, Self, Sight), ازگوشه چشم نگاه کردن , رنگ قیافه . (various references) | |
Finnish | virnistellä (grimace, grin, make a wry face, sneer), vilkuilla (glance glance furtively, steal a glance), tunnelijäähdytysuuni (annealing lehr, tunnel lehr), rööri (annealing lehr, tunnel lehr), jäähdytysuuni (annealing lehr). (various references) | |
French | lorgner, tunnel de recuisson (tunnel lehr), regard mauvais, regard concupiscent, galerie de recuisson (annealing lehr), gaine de recuisson (annealing lehr), four recuire (annealing lehr, lear, lehr), carcaise (annealing lehr, lear, lehr), arche de recuisson (lehr), arche (tunnel lehr). (various references) | |
German | Tunnelkühlofen (annealing lehr, tunnel lehr), Kuehlofen (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, lear, lehr), Kanalkühlofen (annealing lehr, tunnel lehr), Kühlbahn (annealing lehr, tunnel lehr), heimtückischer blick, einen schrägen blick haben, einen heimtückischen blick haben, anzügliches grinsen, anzüglich grinsen. (various references) | |
Greek | κλίβανος γυαλιού (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, lear, lehr), κλίβανος ανοπτήσεως (annealing lehr), στραβοκοίταγμα, γαλαρία απόψυξη (tunnel lehr), υποβλέπω, φούρνος γυαλιού (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, lear, lehr), λάγνο βλέμμα, λοξό βλέμμα, ψυκτήριος κλίβανος (tunnel lehr). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מבט תאות י, לפזול (be cross eyed, squint). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kacsintás (Ogle, wink), vágyódó bámulás, tekintet (beetle brows, bend, countenance, coup d'oeil, eye, faraway look, frown, glaze, gloat, look, regard, sight, visage), rosszindulatú bámulás, ravasz bámulás, kihívó nézés, gúnyos oldalpillantás, fixírozás (glare), bandzsítás (squint), arc (cheek, cheeks, countenance, face, front, jib, jowl, kisser, mien, mug, physiognomy, visage), üveglágyító kemence. (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengintai (leering, lying in wait for, pry, prying), kerlingan. (various references) | |
Italian | lascivia (bawdiness, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, lust, lustfulness, obscenity), lanciare occhiate bieche, guardare di traverso, guardare di sbieco, forno di ricottura a tunnel (annealing lehr, tunnel lehr), forno di ricottura (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, lear, lehr), dare occhiate maliziose. (various references) | |
Manx | sooilleraght (eyeing), sooilleragh (eye, glance), slydaght (disingenuousness, squint), slydaghey, slydagh (cursory, disingenuous, squinting). (various references) | |
Norwegian | lystent blikk. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eerlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vesgo (asquint, cockeye, cockeyed), túnel de recozimento (tunnel lehr), olhar lubricamente, forno especial (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, lear, lehr), forno de recozimento em forma de túnel (tunnel lehr), estrábico (cockeye, cockeyed, cross-eyed, swivel-eyed), arca de recozimento em forma de túnel (annealing lehr), arca (ark, ash-bin, bin, box, chest, coffer, hutch, trunk). (various references) | |
Romanian | se uita strâmb, se uita chiorâş, privire rãutãcioasã, privire pofticioasã, privire lacomã (wishful look), cãutãturã rãutãcioasã. (various references) | |
Russian | смотреть искоса.....косой взгляд, косой (bevel, cock eyed, cock-eye, cross-eyed, oblique, sidelong, skew, slantindicular, slanting, slantingdicular, splay, squinteyed, squint-eyed, thwart, walleyed), злобно смотреть (look daggers). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zlobno gledati, zloban pogled, rashladna peć, prazan (blank, clean, cored, empty, idle, inane, unoccupied, vacant, vacuous, void), pohotan pogled, izgled (appearance, complexion, fashion, guise, look, looks, perspective, prospect, show, visage), ceriti se (grin), cerenje (grin). (various references) | |
Spanish | túnel de recocido (annealing lehr, tunnel lehr), sonreír impúdico, mirar malicioso, mirar lascivamente, mirar impúdico, mirada maliciosa (arch look), mirada lasciva, mirada impúdica, mirada de soslayo, horno de recocido (annealing lehr, annealing tunnel, lear, lehr, tunnel lehr), arca (ark, bin, box, chest). (various references) | |
Swedish | snegla (gaze, squint), grin (grin, whine). (various references) | |
Thai | ชายตามอง ("้วยความเสน่หา). (various references) | |
Turkish | yan bakmak (goggle, squint at), yan bakma (goggle), kötü niyetle bakmak, arzulu bakış. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | крастися (creep, lurk, prowl, skulk, sneak), косий погляд (side glance), вигляд (air, aspect, fettle, figuration, guise, hang, outside, shape), обличчя (countenance, face, visage), дивитися скоса (look awry, squint). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cái liếc mắt dâm dật, cái liếc mắt đểu cáng. (various references) | |
Welsh | cilwenu (simper, smile), cildremio, cildrem. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "leer": leered, leerier, leeriest, leerily, leering, leeringly, leers, leery. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "leer": bandoleer, cameleer, chanticleer, fleer, fusileer, missileer, pistoleer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "leer": bandoleers, cameleers, chanticleers, fleered, fleering, fleeringly, fleers, fusileers, missileers, pistoleers, whigmaleerie, whigmaleeries. (additional references) | |
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"Leer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aleer, cleer, elar, elef, eler, Elera, Elert, Elger, gleer, Kleber, kleetra, kler, Laer, laor, laur, leaer, learp, Lecerf, leder, Ledro, Leeb, leef, leeg, leej, leel, leem, leeo, leera, leeri, leert, leet, leev, Lefebre, Leir, Leira, lele, lener, lepr, lera, lerb, Leren, Leri, lern, lero, lerr, lerv, leser, leter, leur, leure, Lewer, lexer, Leyer, lher, lieber, lier, liere, liert, lior, liqer, lirr, Lledr, Lloer, loer, lojer, Luer, luere, luir, luzer, Lyer, lyr, lyrg, lzee, plere. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: reel. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-l-r" | |
-1 letter: eel, ere, lee, ree. | |
-2 letters: el, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-l-r" | |
+1 letter: creel, elder, elver, fleer, laree, leers, leery, leger, leper, lever, merle, rebel, reels, refel, relet, repel, revel. | |
+2 letters: areole, belier, belter, ceiler, celery, cereal, clever, creels, crenel, creole, crewel, dealer, delver, dueler, eelier, eerily, elater, elders, elmier, eloper, eluder, elvers, eviler, feeler, feller, ferlie, ferrel, ferule, fleers, freely, fueler, galere, gelder, healer, heeler, heller, helper, kegler, kelter, kernel, larees, laveer, leader, leaker, leaner, leaper, leaser, leaver, lecher, ledger, leered, lefter, legers, lender, lepers, lesser, letter, levers, levier, lewder, lieder, liefer, lierne, liever, melder, melter, merely, merles, mewler, pedler, peeler, pelter, petrel, realer, reales, rebels, reddle, redleg, reeled, reeler, refeel, refell, refels, refelt, refile, reflet, reflew, reflex, refuel, regale, reglet, reglue, reheel, relace, relate, relend, relent, relets, releve, relied, relief, relier, relies, reline, relive, relume, remelt, repeal, repels, repled, resale, reseal, resell, resile, resole, retell, retile, reveal, revels, revile, reweld, sealer, seller, streel, telfer, teller, tercel, treble, unreel, vealer, veiler, velure, welder, welter, yeller, yelper. | |
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