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leerleer /lɪr/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYleerOrigin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from leer cheek, face (11-19 centuries), from Old English hleor VERB TABLEleer |
Present | I, you, we, they | leer | | he, she, it | leers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | leered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have leered | | he, she, it | has leered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had leered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will leer | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have leered |
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Present | I | am leering | | he, she, it | is leering | | you, we, they | are leering | Past | I, he, she, it | was leering | | you, we, they | were leering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been leering | | he, she, it | has been leering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been leering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be leering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been leering |
THESAURUS to have or make a happy expression on your face in which your mouth curves up► smile to have or make a happy expression on your face in which your mouth curves up: She smiled and said “Good morning.'' ► grin to smile continuously with a very big smile: He walked out of his boss’s office grinning from ear to ear. ► beam to smile in a way that shows that you are very happy about something: Jenny ran to her boyfriend and hugged him, beaming at him the whole time. ► smirk to smile in an unpleasant way, for example because you are pleased by someone else’s bad luck: The experienced snowboarders were smirking at my attempts. ► simper to smile in a way that is silly and annoying: Mary-Ann simpered and giggled, trying to look cute in front of the boys. ► leer to smile in a way that shows you are thinking about someone in a sexual way. Used when you disapprove of this way of smiling: A man at the bar was leering at the girl sitting next to him. to look at someone in an unpleasant way that shows that you think he or she is sexually attractive: leer at The man leered at her from the bar.► see thesaurus at smile1—leer noun [countable]: a disgusting leer |