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Look up: leer

  1. leer
    [n] - a suggestive or sneering look or grin 2. [v] - look suggestively or obliquely
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Leer
    Leer (lēr) transitive verb To learn. [ Obsolete] See Lere , to learn.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/26

  3. Leer
    Leer adjective [ Middle English lere ; akin to German leer , Old High German & Old Saxon lāri .] [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] Empty; destitute; wanting ; as: (a) Empty of contents. 'A leer stomach.' Gifford.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/26

  4. Leer
    Leer noun An oven in which glassware is annealed.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/26

  5. Leer
    Leer noun [ Middle English lere cheek, face, look, Anglo-Saxon hleór cheek, face; akin to Old Saxon hlear , hlior , OD. lier , Icelandic hlȳr .] 1. The cheek. [ Obsolete] Holinshed.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/26

  6. Leer
    Leer intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Leered (lērd); present participle & verbal noun Leering .] To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as o...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/26

  7. Leer
    Leer transitive verb To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. Dryden.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/26

  8. leer
    Empty; destitute; wanting; as: ... Empty of contents. 'A leer stomach.' . ... Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse. ... Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words. ... Origin: OE. Lere; akin to G. Leer, OHG. & OS. Lari. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. leer
    noun a suggestive or sneering look or grin
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. leer
    verb look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; `The men leered at the young women on the beach`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. Leer
    • (n.) The cheek. • (a.) Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words. • (v. t.) To learn. • (n.) A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion. • (v. i.) To look with a leer; to look as...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. Leer
    (district) `Leer` is a district (Landkreis) 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 (Province of Groningen). History: In 174...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leer

  13. Leer
    `Leer` is a town in the district of Leer, the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the river Ems, near the border with the Netherlands. It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden, Bremen and the South (Rheine and the Ruhrpott industrial region)...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leer



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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