Meaning of "leer" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEER

Perhaps verbal use of obsolete leer cheek, from Old English hlēor.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LEER

leer  [lɪə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEER

Leer is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb leer in English.

WHAT DOES LEER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Leer

Leer is a town in the district of Leer, the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leda, a tributary of the river Ems Ems, near the border with the Netherlands. It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden, Bremen and the South.

Definition of leer in the English dictionary

The definition of leer in the dictionary is to give an oblique, sneering, or suggestive look or grin. Other definition of leer is such a look.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LEER

PRESENT

Present

I leer

you leer

he/she/it leers

we leer

you leer

they leer

Present continuous

I am leering

you are leering

he/she/it is leering

we are leering

you are leering

they are leering

Present perfect

I have leered

you have leered

he/she/it has leered

we have leered

you have leered

they have leered

Present perfect continuous

I have been leering

you have been leering

he/she/it has been leering

we have been leering

you have been leering

they have been leering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I leered

you leered

he/she/it leered

we leered

you leered

they leered

Past continuous

I was leering

you were leering

he/she/it was leering

we were leering

you were leering

they were leering

Past perfect

I had leered

you had leered

he/she/it had leered

we had leered

you had leered

they had leered

Past perfect continuous

I had been leering

you had been leering

he/she/it had been leering

we had been leering

you had been leering

they had been leering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will leer

you will leer

he/she/it will leer

we will leer

you will leer

they will leer

Future continuous

I will be leering

you will be leering

he/she/it will be leering

we will be leering

you will be leering

they will be leering

Future perfect

I will have leered

you will have leered

he/she/it will have leered

we will have leered

you will have leered

they will have leered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been leering

you will have been leering

he/she/it will have been leering

we will have been leering

you will have been leering

they will have been leering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would leer

you would leer

he/she/it would leer

we would leer

you would leer

they would leer

Conditional continuous

I would be leering

you would be leering

he/she/it would be leering

we would be leering

you would be leering

they would be leering

Conditional perfect

I would have leer

you would have leer

he/she/it would have leer

we would have leer

you would have leer

they would have leer

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been leering

you would have been leering

he/she/it would have been leering

we would have been leering

you would have been leering

they would have been leering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you leer
we let´s leer
you leer

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to leer

Past participle

leered

Present Participle

leering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «LEER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «leer» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of leer

drool · eye · gloat · goggle · grin · ogle · smirk · squint · stare · wink

TRANSLATION OF LEER

Find out the translation of leer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of leer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leer» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 阅读
• Translator English - Spanish: leer
• English: leer
• Translator English - Hindi: छली
• Translator English - Arabic: لير
• Translator English - Russian: Леер
• Translator English - Portuguese: leer
• Translator English - Bengali: অপাঙ্গদৃষ্টি
• Translator English - French: regard concupiscent
• Translator English - Malay: Leer
• Translator English - German: leer
• Translator English - Japanese: 流し目
• Translator English - Korean: 노려 볼까
• Translator English - Javanese: Leer
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nhìn trộm
• Translator English - Tamil: கடிதம் எழுதுதல்
• Translator English - Marathi: लीअर
• Translator English - Turkish: yan bakma
• Translator English - Italian: leer
• Translator English - Polish: Leer
• Translator English - Ukrainian: леер
• Translator English - Romanian: Leer
• Translator English - Greek: leer
• Translator English - Afrikaans: leer
• Translator English - Swedish: leer
• Translator English - Norwegian: leer

QUOTES WITH «LEER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word leer.

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Trevor Phillips

Prison service vans that travel 90 miles to take a prisoner 90 yards; paedophiles free to leer at children in the very parks where they have committed horrific crimes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEER»

Discover the use of leer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Between the Lines

What happens when happily ever after…isn’t? Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book—one book in particular. Between the Lines may be a fairy tale, but it feels real.

Samantha van Leer, Jodi Picoult, 2012

Faint Praise and Civil Leer: The "decline" of ...

Rowland also explores how Swift moves from the unsatisfactory use of analogy in his panegyrical "Odes," to more satisfactory use of it in the Tale and then concentrates on the prefaces of the Tale as "Panegyrical paratext."

Jon Thomas Rowland, 1994

No me gusta leer!

A Victor Galdos no le gusta leer, y nada ni nadie logra convencerlo de que leer es divertido.

Rita Marshall, 2003

The Queening of America: Gay Culture in Straight Society

David Van Leer puts forward here a series of readings that aim to identify what he calls the "queening" of America, a process by which "rhetorics and situations specific to homosexual culture are presented to a general readership as if ...

David Van Leer, 1995

Leer para Entender/Reading for Understanding - A Bilingual ...

Cuadernos. de. trabajo. bilingües. en. español. e. inglés. Fundamentos de lenguaje y matemática para: • ISI (Inglés como Segundo Idioma) • ESI (Español como Segundo Idioma) • EII (Estudiantes de Idioma Inglés) ¡Felicitaciones por la  ...

Ruth Solski

Clave de Los Ejercicios Contenidos en El Método Para ...

PARA APRENDER A LEER, ESCRIBIR, Y HABLAR LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA, Ion un Apéndice, que contiene una breve, pero comprensiva recapitulacion de las reglas, así como de todos los verbos, regulares é irregulares, g fin de hacer su ...

Ramon Palenzuela, Juan de la Cruz Carreño, Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff, 1856

Die God wat ek leer ken het

Let weldat eet en drink gewone dinge is wat ons elke dag doen. Dit sê virmy dat ons die Here moet verheerlik in onsalledaagse aktiwiteite. Die Skrif leer ons nie alleenom opGodse heerlikheid te fokus nie, maar dat sy optrede teenoor onsaltyd ...

Arnold Mol, 2013

Método Para Aprender Á Leer El Inglés Por Reglas: Tanto en ...

Tanto en Prosa Como en Verso Sebastián Fábregas. Though deep — yet clear = though gentte — jet not dull, Strong — without rage:z:without o'er flowing — fúll. La pausa final es la que marca los límites de cada verso. Para aprender á leer ...

Sebastián Fábregas, 1829

Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania

By his first wife, Phoebe Ann (Speakman) Van Leer, he had five children: Ellen Frances Van Leer, married George H. Earle, of Philadelphia; Hunter Evans Van Leer, of Philadelphia, married Clara Wills; William Archer Van Leer, of whom ...

John W. Jordan, 2004

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

The combination with a charging station for glassware comprising a chute in which the ware is fed, of a leer carrier element comprising detached movable pans constructed to receive a series of formed glassware, means for moving the pans ...

‎1914

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEER»

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'Tikkun', 'Hotline' win in Jerusalem

Avishai Sivan's religious drama wins Best Israeli Feature while Hotline scoops Van Leer award for Best Documentary. «Screen International, Jul 15»

Jerusalem commemorates Lia van Leer

The Jerusalem Film Festival commemorated its late founder Lia van Leer on Monday night with a series of affectionate personal tributes. «Screen International, Jul 15»

El 'made in Spain' quiere seducir

... un país en el que la elección de las cortinas, las alfombras o la silla en la que recostarse a leer durante esos días en los que apenas hay dos ... «El Mundo, Jul 15»

UFC Bikini Pool Party -- Knockout After Knockout (Pics)

... VanZant was there too. Check out the pics ... but don't leer too hard, she'll beat your ass. For more sports stories, check out tmzsports.com! «TMZ.com, Jul 15»

Jeers for Regev, cheers for Van Leer at film fest kickoff

Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev seen at the opening of the Jerusalem Film Festival held at Sultan's Pool, outside the walls of the Old City ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»

TOP 5 SENIORS: Dexter Leer

Additionally, Leer received Owatonna's Oldenburg Senior Athlete of the Year Award. Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2015 11:00 pm. TOP 5 SENIORS: Dexter Leer By ... «Southernminn.com, Jul 15»

South Sudan: Life on the run in Leer

A woman in the town of Leer, South Sudan, walks by the compound of the ICRC at the end of May 2015. Citizens began returning to Leer after ... «ICRC, Jul 15»

Why Stealing Beauty Is the Ultimate Summer Movie

I thought, Oh no, he's an older man, he just wants to leer at a young woman. I asked, “Why that idea?” He said he'd been at breakfast with ... «Vogue.com, Jul 15»

S. Sudan rebels claim control of Leer town in Unity state

The rebel official claimed the area was liberated by youth from Leer communities. He said cows belonging to citizens were all looted by armed ... «Sudan Tribune, Jun 15»

AMSOIL Speedway Results - June 26

Leer wrested the lead from Dale Mathisen of Clearwater, Minn., after the midpoint and eventually pulled away. Dave Mass took second and ... «Superior Telegram, Jun 15»