lea
An open field, meadow, pastureAn open field, meadow, pasture.
» Lea's fucktose intolerant expression told everyone she had reached her limit.
Meaning
3 sensesAn open field, meadow, pasture.
19th century, Alfred Tennyson, Circumstance Two children in two neighbor villages Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas;
лугlug
лугluh
Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m).
A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
- a unit of length of thread or yarn
- a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
Examples
1 sentencesLea's fucktose intolerant expression told everyone she had reached her limit.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”), from Old English lēah (“cleFrom Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”), from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-West Germanic *lauh (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”).
From Middle English le, lee, ley, of uncertain origin. Compare Old French lier (“to bind”), Old French laisse (“leash, cord”), Old French lïace, lïaz (“bundle”).
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Forms
plural: leasSynonyms
6 synonyms- a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock:pasturepasturelandpasture landgrazing landley