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–verb (used without object)

1.	to look with a sideways or oblique glance, esp. suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention: I can't concentrate with you leering at me.

–noun

2.	a lascivious or sly look.

[Origin: 1520–30; perh. v. use of obs. leer cheek (ME leor, OE hléor; c. ON hlȳr (pl.))

]

—Related forms

leer·ing·ly, adverb

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–adjective British Dialect.

1.	having no burden or load.

2.	faint for lack of food; hungry.

[Origin: bef. 1050; ME lere, OE gelǣr; c. G leer empty

]

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–noun

lehr.

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intr.v.   leered, leer·ing, leers
To look with a sidelong glance, indicative especially of sexual desire or sly and malicious intent.

n.   A desirous, sly, or knowing look.

[Probably from obsolete leer, cheek, from Middle English ler, from Old English hlēor; see kleu- in Indo-European roots.]

leer'ing·ly adv.

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leer (v.)

"to look obliquely" (now usually implying "with a lustful or malicious intent"), 1530, from M.E. noun ler "cheek," from O.E. hleor "the cheek, the face," from P.Gmc. *khleuzas "near the ear," from *kleuso- "ear," from PIE root *kleu- "to hear" (see listen). The notion is probably of "looking askance" (cf. figurative development of cheek). The noun is first attested 1598.

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leer
noun
1.	a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls [syn: sneer]
2.	a suggestive or sneering look or grin
verb
1.	look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"

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leer [liə] noun

an unpleasant kind of smile

Arabic:	نَظْرَه ماكِرَه، نَظْرَه شَبِقَه
Chinese (Simplified):	不怀好意的一笑
Chinese (Traditional):	不懷好意的一笑
Czech:	potměšilý úsměv
Danish:	lystent smil
Dutch:	nare grijns
Estonian:	irvitus
Finnish:	virnistys
French:	regard mauvais
German:	gehässiges Lächeln, gehässiger Seitenblick
Greek:	δυσάρεστο χαμόγελο
Hungarian:	rábámulás
Icelandic:	tvírætt, lostafullt bros
Indonesian:	senyum sinis
Italian:	(sguardo malizioso)

Japanese:	色目
Korean:	곁눈질, 추파
Latvian:	ņirdzīgs smaids
Lithuanian:	klastinga geidulinga šypsena
Norwegian:	lystent, *ondsinnet smil
Polish:	złośliwy uśmiech
Portuguese (Brazil):	expressão maliciosa
Portuguese (Portugal):	esgar
Romanian:	rânjet
Russian:	ухмылка
Slovak:	potmehúdsky úsmev
Slovenian:	neprijeten nasmešek
Spanish:	mirada lasciva
Swedish:	hånleende
Turkish:	sırıtma

leer [liə] verb

to give this kind of smile

Arabic:	يَنْظُر إليها بِشَبَق
Chinese (Simplified):	不怀好意地笑, 斜视送秋波
Chinese (Traditional):	不懷好意地笑
Czech:	poťouchle se usmívat
Danish:	smile lystent
Dutch:	vuil grijnzen
Estonian:	irvitama
Finnish:	virnistää
French:	lorgner
German:	gehässig lächeln, schielen
Greek:	χαμογελώ δυσάρεστα
Hungarian:	rábámul
Icelandic:	brosa lostafullu, tvíræðu brosi
Indonesian:	tersenyum sinis
Italian:	(dare occhiate maliziose)

Japanese:	色目をつかう
Korean:	곁눈질하다, 흘겨보다
Latvian:	ņirdzīgi smaidīt
Lithuanian:	klastingai geidulingai šypsotis
Norwegian:	smile ondt
Polish:	uśmiechnąć się złośliwie
Portuguese (Brazil):	ter expressão maliciosa
Portuguese (Portugal):	fazer esgar
Romanian:	a rânji
Russian:	ухмыляться
Slovak:	šibalsky sa usmievať
Slovenian:	zoprno se smehljati
Spanish:	mirar con lascivia
Swedish:	hånle
Turkish:	(pis pis) sırıtmak

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Leer

Lear\, a. See Leer, a. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

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Leer

Lear\, n. An annealing oven. See Leer, n.

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Leer

Leer\ (l[=e]r), v. t. To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.

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Leer

Leer\, a. [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. l[=a]ri.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Empty; destitute; wanting; as: (a) Empty of contents. "A leer stomach." --Gifford. (b) Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse. --B. Jonson. (c) Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.

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Leer

Leer\, n. An oven in which glassware is annealed.

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Leer\, n. [OE. lere cheek, face, look, AS. hle['o]r cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl[=y]r.]

1. The cheek. [Obs.] --Holinshed.

2. Complexion; aspect; appearance. [Obs.]

A Rosalind of a better leer than you. --Shak.

3. A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.

With jealous leer malign Eyed them askance. --Milton.

She gives the leer of invitation. --Shak.