different between leer vs peruse
leer
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??/
- (US) IPA(key): /l??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Etymology 1
Exact development uncertain, but apparently from a verb *leer (“to make a face”), from leer (“face”).
Verb
leer (third-person singular simple present leers, present participle leering, simple past and past participle leered)
- (intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
- (transitive) To entice with a leer or leers.
Conjugation
Translations
Noun
leer (plural leers)
- A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.
- An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English ler, leor (“face, cheek”), from Old English hl?or (“face, cheek, profile”), from Proto-Germanic *hleuz? (“ear, cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lews- (“temple of the forehead, cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lewe-, *?lew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Scots lire, lere (“face, appearance, complexion”), Dutch lier (“cheek”), Swedish lyra (“pout”), Norwegian lia (“hillside”), Icelandic hlýr (“the face, cheek, countenance”). Related to Old English hlyst (“sense of hearing, listening”) and hlysnan (“to listen”). More at list, listen.
Alternative forms
- lyre, lire, lere
Noun
leer (plural leers)
- (obsolete) The cheek.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holinshed to this entry?)
- (obsolete) The face.
- (obsolete) One's appearance; countenance.
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
- A loueli ladi of lere · in lynnen yclothed / Come down fram a castel.
- c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
- (obsolete) Complexion; hue; colour.
- (obsolete) Flesh; skin.
- (Britain dialectal) The flank or loin.
Etymology 3
From Middle English lere, from Old English ?el?r, *l?re (“empty, void, empty-handed”), from Proto-Germanic *l?ziz, *l?zijaz (“empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to collect, pick”). Cognate with Dutch laar (“a clearing in the woods”), German leer (“empty”). Related to Old English lesan (“to gather, collect”). More at lease.
Alternative forms
- lear
Adjective
leer (comparative more leer, superlative most leer)
- (obsolete) Empty; unoccupied; clear.
- a leer stomach
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gifford to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Destitute; lacking; wanting.
- (obsolete) Faint from lack of food; hungry.
- (Britain dialectal, obsolete) Thin; faint.
- (obsolete) Having no load or burden; free; without a rider.
- 1629, Ben Jonson, The New Inn
- a leer horse
- 1629, Ben Jonson, The New Inn
- (obsolete) Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous.
- leer words
Derived terms
- leerness
Etymology 4
From Middle English leren, from Old English l?ran (“to teach, instruct, guide, enjoin, advise, persuade, urge, preach, hand down”), from Proto-Germanic *laizijan? (“to teach”), from Proto-Indo-European *leis- (“track, footprint, furrow, trace”). Cognate with Dutch leren (“to teach”), German lehren (“to teach”), Swedish lära (“to teach”). Related to Old English l?r (“lore, learning, science, art of teaching, preaching, doctrine, study, precept, exhortation, advice, instigation, history, story, cunning”). See lore.
Verb
leer (third-person singular simple present leers, present participle leering, simple past and past participle leered)
- (transitive, obsolete) To teach.
- (transitive, obsolete) To learn.
Etymology 5
See lehr.
Noun
leer (plural leers)
- Alternative form of lehr
Anagrams
- Erle, LREE, Reel, reel
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??r/
Etymology 1
From Dutch leren, from Middle Dutch lêren, from Old Dutch l?ren, from Proto-Germanic *laizijan?.
Verb
leer (present leer, present participle lerende, past participle geleer)
- To learn.
Etymology 2
From Dutch leer, from Middle Dutch lêre, from Old Dutch l?ra, from Proto-Germanic *laiz?.
Noun
leer (uncountable)
- A teaching.
Etymology 3
From Dutch leer, from older leder, from Middle Dutch l?der, from Old Dutch *lether, from Proto-Germanic *leþr?.
Noun
leer (uncountable)
- leather
Etymology 4
From Dutch leer (dialectal synonym of ladder), from Middle Dutch leer.
Noun
leer (plural lere)
- A ladder.
Descendants
- ? Sotho: lere
- ? Xhosa: ileli
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???r
Noun
leer c
- indefinite plural of le
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le?r/
- Hyphenation: leer
- Rhymes: -e?r
Etymology 1
Contraction of leder, from Middle Dutch leder, from Old Dutch *lether, fromProto-Germanic *leþr?.
Noun
leer n (uncountable)
- Leather.
- Synonym: leder
Derived terms
- kunstleer
- leerdoek
- leertje
- leertouwen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: leer
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch lêre, from Old Dutch l?ra, from Proto-Germanic *laiz?.
Noun
leer f (plural leren, diminutive leertje n)
- A doctrine.
- Theory, teachings.
- A field of learning; set of lessons and theory on a subject within a discipline.
Derived terms
- beleren
- betekenisleer
- dwaalleer
- erfelijkheidsleerleer
- evolutieleer
- geloofsleer
- getallenleer
- leermeester
- leerstelling
- leervast
- notenleer
- rechtsleer
- verzamelingenleer
- vormleer
- warmteleer
- zedenleer
Descendants
- Afrikaans: leer
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch leer, contraction of ledere.
Noun
leer f (plural leren)
- (dialectal, dated) Alternative form of ladder.
Descendants
- Afrikaans: leer
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
leer
- first-person singular present indicative of leren
- imperative of leren
Anagrams
- lere
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German leger, lager. Etymological twin of laager.
Noun
leer (genitive leeri, partitive leeri)
- A camp
- A side (in a conflict)
- Ta on vastaste leeris
- He's on the enemies' side.
- Ta on vastaste leeris
Declension
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German lere (“study, learning”).
Noun
leer (genitive leeri, partitive leeri)
- A (protestant) confirmation into the faithful community.
Declension
German
Etymology
From Middle High German l?r, l?re, l?re, from Old High German l?ri, from Proto-Germanic *l?ziz. Cognate with Dutch laar, English leer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le???/
- Homophone: lehr
- Rhymes: -e???
Adjective
leer (comparative leerer, superlative am leersten)
- empty
Declension
Antonyms
- voll
- gefüllt
Derived terms
- leeren
- leerlaufen
- nichtleer
- halb leer
Verb
leer
- singular imperative of leeren
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of leeren
Further reading
- “leer” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
leer
- present tense of lee
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German leer.
Adjective
leer
- empty
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin a?r, with the initial 'l' added from a preceding definite article.
Noun
leer m
- (Sutsilvan) air
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) aria
- (Puter, Vallader) ajer
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin legere, present active infinitive of leg? (whence English lesson and legend), from Proto-Italic *leg?, from Proto-Indo-European *le?-. Compare English legible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le?e?/, [le?e?]
Verb
leer (first-person singular present leo, first-person singular preterite leí, past participle leído)
- to read
- Synonym: ridear
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Quechua: liyiy
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peruse
English
Etymology
From per- +? use, from either Medieval Latin (peruti, perusitare (“wear out”)) or Anglo-Norman (peruser (“use up”)), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /p???u?z/
- Rhymes: -u?z
Verb
peruse (third-person singular simple present peruses, present participle perusing, simple past and past participle perused)
- (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
- (transitive) To read completely.
- (transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.
- (intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.
Usage notes
- The sense of "skimming" is proscribed by some authorities on usage, including the Oxford American Dictionary. The shift, however, is not dissimilar to that found in scan, and thus, interestingly, peruse and scan are a synonym pair in which each is a contranym meaning either "to read carefully" or "to read hastily". To avoid ambiguity—and reader annoyance—careful writers may prefer skim when skimming is meant or scrutinize when care is meant. The Oxford English Dictionary further notes that the word peruse was used as a general synonym for read as far back as the 16th century.
Derived terms
- perusable
- perusal
- peruser
Translations
Noun
peruse (plural peruses)
- An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
- 2008, Dave Robson, "Hi-tea, low cost!", Evening Gazette online, September 12,
- A peruse of the website looked promising […]
- 2008, Dave Robson, "Hi-tea, low cost!", Evening Gazette online, September 12,
Translations
Anagrams
- persue, purees, purées, rupees
Latin
Participle
peruse
- vocative masculine singular of perusus
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