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Definitions for Leer

[1] to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention: I can't concentrate with you leering at me.
[2] a lascivious or sly look.
[3] having no burden or load.
[4] faint for lack of food; hungry.
[5] lehr.
[6] protective shelter: The lee of the rock gave us some protection against the storm.
[7] the side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind: We erected our huts under the lee of the mountain.
[8] Chiefly Nautical . the quarter or region toward which the wind blows.
[9] pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee.
[10] (intr) to give an oblique, sneering, or suggestive look or grin
[11] such a look
[12] a river in SW Republic of Ireland, flowing east into Cork Harbour. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)
[13] Ang (æŋ). born 1954, Taiwanese film director; his films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and Life of Pi (2012)
[14] Bruce, original name Lee Yuen Kam . 1940–73, US film actor and kung fu expert who starred in such films as Enter the Dragon (1973)
[15] Gypsy Rose, original name Rose Louise Hovick . 1914–70, US striptease and burlesque artiste, who appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies (1936) and in films
[16] Laurie (ˈlɒrɪ). 1914–97, British poet and writer, best known for the autobiographical Cider with Rosie (1959)
[17] Richard Henry. 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman, who moved the resolution in favour of American independence (1776)
[18] Robert E (dward ). 1807–70, American general; commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies in the Civil War
[19] Spike, real name Shelton Jackson Lee. born 1957, US film director: his films include She's Gotta Have It (1985), Malcolm X (1992), and the documentary When the Leeves Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2008)
[20] T (sung ) -D (ao ) (tsuːŋ daʊ). born 1926, US physicist, born in China. With Yang he disproved the principle that that parity is always conserved and shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1957
[21] a sheltered part or side; the side away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
[22] by the lee nautical so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
[23] under the lee nautical towards the lee
[24] (prenominal) nautical on, at, or towards the side or part away from the wind on a lee shore Compare weather (def. 5)

Words related to Leer

stare, eye, smirk, goggle, wink, gloat, ogle, sneer, squint, eyeball

Words nearby Leer

leech rope, leeds, leeds castle, leek, leek-green, leer, leery, lees, lees summit, leesburg, leet

Origin of Leer

1before 900; Middle English; Old English hlēo(w ) shelter, cognate with Old Frisian hli, hly, Old Saxon hleo, Old Norse hlé

Other words from Leer

leer·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Leer

Old English hlēow shelter; related to Old Norse hle

Synonyms for Leer

eye, eyeball, gloat, goggle, ogle, smirk, sneer, squint, stare, wink