Noun
a suggestive or sneering look or grin

Noun
a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

Verb
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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v. t.
To learn.

a.
Empty; destitute; wanting

a.
Empty of contents.

a.
Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.

a.
Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.

n.
An oven in which glassware is annealed.

n.
The cheek.

n.
Complexion; aspect; appearance.

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

v. i.
To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.

v. t.
To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.

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Leer

Leer , v. t. To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.

Leer

Leer, a. [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. l'beri.] [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.

Leer

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

Leer

Leer, n. [OE.lere cheek, face, look, AS. hle'a2r cheek, face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hlr.] 1. The cheek. [Obs.] Holinshed. 2. complexion; aspect; appearance. [Obs.]

A Rosalind of a better leer than you.

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.

She gives the leer of invitation.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer.

Leer

Leer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leering.] To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.

I will leer him as a'comes by.

The priest, above his book, Leering at his neighbor's wife.

Leer

Leer, v. t. To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin. Dryden.

To learn. [Obs.] See Lere, to learn.

Empty; destitute; wanting

An oven in which glassware is annealed.

The cheek.

To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.

To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.