leer
leer Lexical Profile
leer Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To look or gaze in an unpleasant, lascivious, or malicious way.
"She felt uncomfortable when the stranger continued to leer at her from across the train carriage."
• noun
An unpleasant, lustful, or malicious sideways look or grin.
"The villain cast a sinister leer at the captured hero before locking the dungeon door."
A temperature-controlled kiln or oven used for annealing glass.
"Once blown into shape, the glass vessels were placed inside the leer to cool gradually without cracking."
• Rhymes for leer
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'lere' (cheek or face), derived from Old English 'hlēor'. The modern sense developed in the 16th century from the phrase 'to look over the leer', meaning to cast a sidelong glance over one's cheek.
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