different between leam vs fleam

English

Alternative forms

• leem, leme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English lemen, from Old English l?man, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”).

Verb

leam (third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed)

1. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.

Derived terms

• leamer

Etymology 2

From Middle English leme, from Old English l?oma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”).

Noun

leam (plural leams)

1. (Britain, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

See also

• gleam

Etymology 3

See leamer, lien.

Noun

leam (plural leams)

1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.
   • 1808, Walter Scott, Conclusion to Queenhoo Hall (written by Joseph Strutt)

     a large blood-hound tied in a leam

Anagrams

• -meal, Elam, Elma, Lema, Malé, alme, amel, lame, lamé, lema, male, meal, mela, mela-

Latin

Noun

leam

1. accusative singular of lea

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

• le + mi

Pronoun

leam

1. with me, by me

Derived terms

• leam-leat
• leamsa

See also

• prepositional pronoun

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fli?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English fleme, fleom, from Old French flieme, flemie (“open vein”), probably via a Proto-Germanic source (compare Old Saxon fl?ma, Old High German fliotuma, fliodema, Old English fl?tme, fl?tme (“fleam, lancet”)), borrowed from Vulgar Latin fletoma, *fletomus, from Late Latin flebotomus, phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (phlebotómon). Compare French flamme, Dutch vlijm, German Fliete, Danish flitte (“fleam”). Doublet of phlebotome.

Alternative forms

• phleam (archaic)

Noun

fleam (plural fleams)

1. A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.
   • 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse

     A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein

Hypernyms

• (sharp instrument): lancet

Derived terms

• fleam saw
• fleam tooth

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English fleem, flem (“the rushing of water; current”), probably from Old English fl?am (“fleeing; flight; rush”), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“stream; current; flood”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; flow; run”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk flaum (“flood”).

Alternative forms

• fleem

Noun

fleam (plural fleams)

1. (Britain, dialectal, Northern England) The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream
2. (Britain, dialectal, Northern England) A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it

Related terms

• fleme (verb)

Anagrams

• femal, flame

Latin

Verb

fleam

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of fle?

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flaumaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flæ???m/

Noun

fl?am m

1. escape, flight

Declension

Derived terms

• fl?ema
• t?fl?am