leer UK /ˈlɪə̯/US /ˈlɪɚ/adjective 6noun 8verb 4forms 7 adjective6 •(no longer used) Empty; unoccupied; clear.The horse runs leere away without the man. — 1591 •(no longer used) Having no load or burden; free; without a rider. •(no longer used) Destitute; lacking; wanting. •(no longer used) Faint from lack of food; hungry. •(no longer used) Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous.leer words •(dialect, no longer used) Thin; faint. noun8 •A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.Nevertheless humanity stood before him no longer in the pensive sweetness of Italian art, but in the staring and ghastly attitudes of a Wiertz Museum, and with the leer of a study by Van Beers. — 1891 •An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance. •(dialect, UK) The flank or loin. •(no longer used) The face. •(no longer used) One's appearance; countenance. •(no longer used) The cheek. •(no longer used) Complexion; hue; colour.Here's a young lad fram'd of another leer. Look, how the black slave smiles upon the father — 1588 •(no longer used) Flesh; skin. verb4 •(disapproving) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.And she looked to Mr. –––– / And leered like a love-sick pigeon. — 1834 •To entice with a leer or leers.But Bertran has been taught the Arts of Court, / To guild a Face with Smiles; and leer a man to ruin. — 1681 •(no longer used) To teach. •(no longer used) To learn. formsleered · leering · leereth · leers · leerest · more leer · most leer
