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verb · intransitive · rare

leam

leam · leams · leamed · leaming

To gleam; shine; glowTo gleam; shine; glow.

/liːm/

Meaning

1 senses

(UK, dialectal)To gleam; shine; glow.

Origin

From Middle English lemen, from Old English līeman, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, f

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

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Forms

leams, leaming, leamed, leamed

Base form	leam · to leam
3rd person singular	leams
Present participle	leaming
Past simple	leamed
Past participle	leamed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	leam
he, she, it	leams

Past simpleLesson

all persons

leamed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have leamed
he, she, it	has leamed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will leam

Word family

1 related words

Derivedleamer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

leakB2 leaky leanB2 leapB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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