Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 18
Leader (n.) (Naut.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
Leader (n.) (Mach.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery. [Obs. or R.] -- G. Francis.
Leader (n.) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.
He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they gallop away with him at times. -- Hare.
Leader (n.) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.
Leader (n.) (Fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.
Leader (n.) (Mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
Leader (n.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.
Leader (n.) (Print.) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
Leader (n.) (Print.) pl. A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
Syn: chief; chieftain; commander. See Chief.
Leader (n.) A person who rules or guides or inspires others [ant: follower].
Leader (n.) A featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers [syn: drawing card, loss leader, leader].
Leadership (n.) The office, position or function of a leader; as, Gingrich held the House leadership for six years.
Leadership (n.) The quality of character and personality giving a person the ability to gain the confidence of and lead others; as, Washington's leadership was indispensible to success of the American Revolution.
Leadership (n.) The people who serve as leaders of a group; as, the party leadership was in disarray after the election.
Leadership (n.) The activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team" [syn: leadership, leading].
Leadership (n.) The body of people who lead a group; "the national leadership adopted his plan" [syn: leadership, leaders].
Leadership (n.) The status of a leader; "they challenged his leadership of the union".
Leadership (n.) The ability to lead; "he believed that leadership can be taught".
Leadhillite (n.) (Min.) A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland.
Leading (a.) Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- Lead"ing*ly, adv.
Leading case (Law), A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. -- Abbott.
Leading motive [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), A guiding theme; in the musical drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. Also called leitmotif or leitmotiv.
Leading note (Mus.), The seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note.
Leading question, A question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply.
Leading strings, Strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk.
To be in leading strings, To be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others.
Leading wheel, A wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine.
Leading (n.) The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance. -- Shak.
Leading (n.) Suggestion; hint; example. [Archaic] -- Bacon.
Leading (a.) Indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance" [syn: leading(p), prima(p), star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)].
Leading (a.) Greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: leading(a), preeminent].
Leading (a.) Going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology" [ant: following].
Leading (a.) Having the leading position or higher score in a contest; "he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race" [syn: ahead(p), in the lead, leading].
Leading (n.) Thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing [syn: lead, leading].
Leading (n.) The activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team" [syn: leadership, leading].
Leading, () The spacing between lines of text. This is defined when a font is designed but can often be altered in order to change the appearance of the text or for special effects. It is measured in points and is normally 120% of the height of the text.
See also kerning, tracking. (1996-06-07)
LEADING. () That which is to be followed; as, a leading case; leading question leading counsel.
Leadmen (n. pl. ) of Leadman.
Leadman (n.) One who leads a dance. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Leadsmen (n. pl. ) of Leadsman.
Leadsman (n.) (Naut.) The man who heaves the lead. -- Totten.
Leadwort (n.) (Bot.) A genus of maritime herbs ({Plumbago). P. Europaea has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.
Leadwort (n.) A plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers [syn: leadwort, Plumbago europaea].
Leady (a.) Resembling lead. -- Sir T. Elyot.
Leaves (n. pl. ) of Leaf.
Leaf (n.) (Bot.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.
Note: Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina, supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs and veins that support the cellular texture. The petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each side of its base, which is called the stipule. The green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings, known as stomata.
Leaf (n.) (Bot.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.
Note: In this view every part of a plant, except the root and the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves more or less modified and transformed.
Leaf (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
Leaf beetle (Zool.), Any beetle which feeds upon leaves; esp., any species of the family Chrysomelid[ae], as the potato beetle and helmet beetle.
Leaf bridge, A draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which swings vertically on hinges.
Leaf bud (Bot.), A bud which develops into leaves or a leafy branch.
Leaf butterfly (Zool.), Any butterfly which, in the form and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus Kallima, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Leaf+crumpler+(Zool.),+A+small+moth+({Phycis+indigenella">Leaf crumpler (Zool.), a small moth ({Phycis indigenella), the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple tree, and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves together in clusters.
Leaf fat, The fat which lies in leaves or layers within the body of an animal.
Leaf flea (Zool.), A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllid[ae].
Leaf frog (Zool.), Any tree frog of the genus Phyllomedusa.
Leaf green. (Bot.) See Chlorophyll.
Leaf hopper (Zool.), Any small jumping hemipterous insect of the genus Tettigonia, and allied genera. They live upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See Live hopper.
Leaf insect (Zool.), Any one of several genera and species of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus Phyllium, in which the wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves in color and form. They are common in Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Leaf lard, Lard from leaf fat. See under Lard.
Leaf louse (Zool.), An aphid.
Leaf metal, Metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin.
Leaf miner (Zool.), Any one of various small lepidopterous and dipterous insects, which, in the larval stages, burrow in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; as, the pear-tree leaf miner ({Lithocolletis geminatella).
Leaf notcher (Zool.), A pale bluish green beetle ({Artipus Floridanus), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the leaves of orange trees.
Leaf roller (Zool.), See leaf roller in the vocabulary.
Leaf scar (Bot.), The cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has fallen.
Leaf sewer (Zool.), A tortricid moth, whose caterpillar makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges together with silk, as if sewn; esp., Phoxopteris nubeculana, which feeds upon the apple tree.
Leaf sight, A hinged sight on a firearm, which can be raised or folded down.
Leaf trace (Bot.), One or more fibrovascular bundles, which may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a leaf.
Leaf tier (Zool.), A tortricid moth whose larva makes a nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk; esp., Teras cinderella, found on the apple tree.
Leaf valve, A valve which moves on a hinge.
Leaf wasp (Zool.), A sawfly.
To turn over a new leaf, To make a radical change for the better in one's way of living or doing. [Colloq.]
They were both determined to turn over a new leaf. -- Richardson. Leaf
Leafed (imp. & p. p.) of Leaf.
Leafing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leaf.
Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May. --Sir T. Browne.
Leaf (n.) The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants [syn: leaf, leafage, foliage].
Leaf (n.) A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) [syn: leaf, folio].
Leaf (n.) Hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door).
Leaf (v.) Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn: flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff].
Leaf (v.) Turn over pages; "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript".
Leaf (v.) Produce leaves, of plants.
LEAF, () Law Enforcement Access Field (EES, cryptography).
LEAF, () LISP Extended Algebraic Facility.
LEAF, () "LEAF: A Language which Integrates Logic, Equations and Functions", R. Barbuti et al in Logic Programming, Functions Relations and Equations, D. DeGroot et al eds, P-H 1986, pp.201-238.
Leaf
Leaves
Terminal node (Or "terminal node") In a tree, a node which has no daughter.
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Leaf, () Of a tree. The olive-leaf mentioned Gen. 8:11. The barren fig-tree had nothing but leaves (Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:13). The oak-leaf is mentioned Isa. 1:30; 6:13. There are numerous allusions to leaves, their flourishing, their decay, and their restoration (Lev. 26:36; Isa. 34:4; Jer. 8:13; Dan. 4:12, 14, 21; Mark 11:13; 13:28). The fresh leaf is a symbol of prosperity (Ps. 1:3; Jer. 17:8; Ezek. 47:12); the faded, of decay (Job 13:25; Isa. 1:30; 64:6; Jer. 8:13).
Leaf of a door (1 Kings 6:34), The valve of a folding door.
Leaf of a book (Jer. 36:23), Perhaps a fold of a roll.
Leafage (n.) Leaves, collectively; foliage.
Leafage (n.) The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants [syn: leaf, leafage, foliage].
Leafcup (n.) (Bot.) A coarse American composite weed ({Polymnia Uvedalia). leaf cutter
Leafed (a.) Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.
Leaf, Leaf out, (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Leafed (l[=e]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Leafing.]
To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May. -- Sir T. Browne.
Leafed (a.) Having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination; "a fully leafed tree"; "broad-leafed"; "four-leaved clover" [syn: leafed, leaved].
Leafet (n.) (Bot.) A leaflet.
Leaf-footed (a.) (Zool.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug ({Leptoglossus phyllopus).
Leafiness (n.) The state of being leafy.
Leafless (a.) 無葉的；不生葉的 Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. "Leafless groves." -- Cowper. -- {Leaf"less*ness}, n.
{Leafless plants}, plants having no foliage, though leaves may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See {Leaf}, n., 1 and 2.
Leafless (a.) Having no leaves [ant: {leafy}].
Leaflet (n.) [C] 傳單；單張印刷品；【植】小葉，嫩葉；複葉的一片 A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.
Leaflet (n.) (Bot.) One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.
Leaflet (n.) (Zool.) A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.
Leaflet (n.) A printed sheet of paper, of one page, or one sheet folded over, containing an advertisement, tract, or other notice, and usually distributed for free or included in the package with a purchased item.
Leaflet (n.) A thin triangular flap of a heart valve [syn: {cusp}, {leaflet}].
Leaflet (n.) Part of a compound leaf.
Leaflet (n.) A small book usually having a paper cover [syn: {booklet}, {brochure}, {folder}, {leaflet}, {pamphlet}].
Leaflet (n.) [ C ] (B2) 傳單，活頁；（單頁）廣告 A piece of paper that gives you information or advertises something.
// Demonstrators handed out leaflets to passers-by.
// A leaflet about the new bus services came through the door today.
Leaflet (v.) [ I or T ] ( -t- or UK also -tt-) 散發，發放（傳單或廣告） To give out leaflets to people.
// They leafleted the area two weeks before the event.
Leaf-nosed (n.) (Zool.) Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire. leafroller
Leafstalk (n.) (Bot.) The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.
Leafstalk (n.) The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf [syn: petiole, leafstalk].
Leafy (a.) 葉茂盛的，多葉的；葉狀的 [Z]；葉子覆蓋著的；由葉子組成的 [Z] Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest. "The leafy month of June." -- Coleridge.
Leafy (a.) Consisting of leaves. "A leafy bed." -- Byron.
Leafy (a.) Having or covered with leaves; "leafy trees"; "leafy vegetables" [ant: {leafless}].
League (n.) A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.
Note: The English land league is equal to three English statute miles. The Spanish and French leagues vary in each country according to usage and the kind of measurement to which they are applied. The Dutch and German leagues contain about four geographical miles, or about 4.6 English statute miles.
League (n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league. [Obs.]
League (n.) An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.
And let there be 'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity. -- Denham.
League (n.) Specifically: (Sports) An association of sports teams that establishes rules of play, decides questions of membership in the league, and organizes matches between the member teams. In some cases a sports league is called a conference, as in the National Football Conference.
Note: A league may be offensive or defensive, or both; offensive, when the parties agree to unite in attacking a common enemy; defensive, when they agree to a mutual defense of each other against an enemy.
The Holy League, An alliance of Roman Catholics formed in 1576 by influence of the Duke of Guise for the exclusion of Protestants from the throne of France.
Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2.
The land league, An association, organized in Dublin in 1879, to promote the interests of the Irish tenantry, its avowed objects being to secure fixity of tenure, fair rent, and free sale of the tenants' interest. It was declared illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions have failed to suppress it.
Syn: Alliance; confederacy; confederation; coalition; combination; compact; cooperation.
Leagued (imp. & p. p.) of League.
Leaguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of League.
League (v. i.) To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate. --South.
League (v. t.) To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
League (n.) An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members [syn: league, conference].
League (n.) An association of states or organizations or individuals for common action.
League (n.) An obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles).
League (v.) Unite to form a league.
League, () A treaty or confederacy. The Jews were forbidden to enter into an alliance of any kind (1) with the Canaanites (Ex. 23:32, 33; 34:12-16); (2) with the Amalekites (Ex. 17:8, 14; Deut. 25:17-19); (3) with the Moabites and Ammonites (Deut. 2:9, 19). Treaties were permitted to be entered into with all other nations. Thus David maintained friendly intercourse with the kings of Tyre and Hamath, and Solomon with the kings of Tyre and Egypt.
LEAGUE, () measure. A league is a measure of length, which consists of three geographical miles. The jurisdiction of the United States extends into the sea a marine league. See Acts of Congress of June 5, 1794; 1 Story's L. U. S. 352; and April 20, 1818, 3 Story's L. U. S. 1694; 1 Wait's State Papers, 195. Vide Cannon Shot.
LEAGUE, () crim. law, contracts. In criminal law, a league is a conspiracy to do an unlawful act. The term is but little used.
Papers, 195. Vide Cannon Shot.
LEAGUE, () In contracts it is applied to agreements between states. Leagues between states are of several kinds. 1st. Leagues offensive and defensive, by which two or more nations agree not only to defend each other, but to carry on war against their common enemies. 2d. Defensive, but not offensive, obliging each to defend the other against any foreign invasion. 3d. Leagues of simple amity, by which one contracts not to invade, injure, or offend the other; this usually includes the liberty of mutual commerce and trade, and the safe guard of merchants and traders in each others dominion. Bac. Ab. Prerogative, D 4. Vide Confederacy; Conspiracy; Peace; Truce; War.
Leaguer (n.) The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. -- b. Jonson.
Leaguer (n.) A siege or beleaguering. [R.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Leaguer (v. t.) To besiege; to beleaguer. [Obs.]
Leaguerer (n.) A besieger. [R.] -- J. Webster.
Leak (n.) 漏洞，裂縫 [C]；（水，瓦斯等的）漏出；漏出物；漏電 [C] A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. "One leak will sink a ship." -- Bunyan.
Leak (n.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
Leak (n.) (Elec.) A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation; also, the point at which such loss occurs.
Leak (n.) An act of urinating; -- used mostly in the phrase.
Take a leak, i. e. to urinate. [vulgar]
Leak (n.) The disclosure of information that is expected to be kept confidential; as, leaks by the White House staff infuriated Nixon; leaks by the Special Prosecutor were criticized as illegal.
To spring a leak, To open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.
Leak (a.) Leaky. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Leaked (imp. & p. p.) of Leak.
Leaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leak.
Leak (v. i.) 漏，滲 [（+out）]；（消息等）洩漏出去 [（+out）] To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
Leak (v. i.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.
To leak out, To be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out.
Leak (n.) 漏洞，裂縫 [C]；（水，瓦斯等的）漏出；漏出物；漏電 [C] An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape; "one of the tires developed a leak".
Leak (n.) Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi.
Leak (n.) A euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn: leak, wetting, making water, passing water].
Leak (n.) The discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" [syn: escape, leak, leakage, outflow].
Leak (n.) Unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information [syn: leak, news leak].
Leak (v.) Tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper".
Leak (v.) Be leaked; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" [syn: leak, leak out].
Leak (v.) Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement".
Leak (v.) Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly".
Leak (n.) With qualifier, one of a class of resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak out). This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests come in. memory leak has its own entry; one might also refer, to, say, a window handle leak in a window system.
Leak (n.) With a qualifier, one of a class of resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak out). This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests come in.
One might refer to, say, a "window handle leak" in a window system.
See memory leak, fd leak.
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Leakage (n.) 漏；洩漏；漏損物；漏損量 A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
Leakage (n.) (Com.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
Leakage (n.) (Elec.) A leak [3]; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted.
Leakage (n.) The discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" [syn: escape, leak, leakage, outflow].
Leakage. () The waste which has taken place in liquids, by their escaping out of the casks or vessels in which they were kept. By the act of March 2, 1799, s. 59, 1 Story's L. U. S, 625, it is provided that there be an allowance of two per cent for leakage, on the quantity which shall appear by the gauge to be contained in any cask of liquors, subject to duty by the gallon and ten per cent on all beer, ale, and porter, in bottles and five per cent on all other liquors in bottles; to be deducted, from the invoice quantity, in lieu of breakage or it shall be lawful to compute the duties on the actual quantity, to be ascertained by tale, at the option of the importer, to be made at the time of entry.
Leakiness (n.) 漏出 The quality of being leaky.
Leakiness (n.) The condition of permitting leaks or leakage; "the leakiness of the roof"; "the heart valve's leakiness"; "the leakiness of the boat made it dangerous to use".
Leaky (a.) 漏的；有漏洞的；易洩密的 Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask; a leaky faucet.
Leaky (a.) Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close. [Colloq.]
Leaky (a.) (Genetics) Retaining some function; not completely inactivating the gene; as, substitution mutations are sometimes leaky; -- of mutations.
Leaky (a.) Permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases ; "a leaky roof"; "a leaky defense system" [ant: tight].
Leaky (a.) Used informally; unable to retain urine.
Leaky (a.) Prone to communicate confidential information [syn: blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing(a), tattling(a)].
Leal (a.) 【蘇格蘭】忠實的；真實的 Faithful; loyal; true.
All men true and leal, all women pure. -- Tennyson.
Land of the leal, The place of the faithful; heaven.
Leal (a.) Faithful and true; "leal to the core of her intrepid Scottish heart" -- Harry Lauder
Leal. () Loyal; that which belongs to the law.
Leal, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 36
Housing Units (2000): 12
Land area (2000): 0.132143 sq. miles (0.342250 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.132143 sq. miles (0.342250 sq. km)
FIPS code: 45460
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 47.105452 N, 98.316385 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58479
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Leam (n. & v. i.) See Leme. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Leam (n.) A cord or strap for leading a dog. -- Sir W. Scott.
Leamer (n.) A dog held by a leam.
Lean (v. t.) To conceal. [Obs.] -- Ray.
Leaned (imp. & p. p.) of Lean.
Leant () Sometimes of Lean.
Leaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lean.
Lean (v. i.) 傾斜；傾身，屈身 To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column. "He leant forward." -- Dickens.
Lean (v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
They delight rather to lean to their old customs. -- Spenser.
Lean (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
He leaned not on his fathers but himself. -- Tennyson.
Lean (v. t.) 使傾斜；把……靠在（某種東西上）[O] [（+on/ upon/ against）] To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest. -- Mrs. Browning.
His fainting limbs against an oak he leant. -- Dryden.
Lean (a.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
Lean (a.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages. "No lean wardrobe." -- Shak.
Their lean and flashy songs. -- Milton.
What the land is, whether it be fat or lean. -- Num. xiii. 20.
Out of my lean and low ability I'll lend you something. -- Shak.
Lean (a.) (Typog.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
Syn: slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny; gaunt.
Lean (n.) That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. -- Goldsmith.
Lean (n.) (Typog.) Unremunerative copy or work.
Lean (a.) （肉）瘦的 Lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look" -- Shakespeare [syn: thin, lean] [ant: fat].
Lean (a.) Lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel" [ant: rich].
Lean (a.) Containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance" [syn: lean, skimpy].
Lean (a.) Not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year".
Lean (n.) 傾斜；傾向 [S] The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning].
Lean (v.) To incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle].
Lean (v.) Cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall".
Lean (v.) Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run].
Lean (v.) Rely on for support; "We can lean on this man".
Lean (v.) Cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree" [syn: list, lean].
Lean () An experimental language from the University of Nijmegen and University of East Anglia, based on graph rewriting and useful as an intermediate language. Lean is descended from Dactl0.
Clean is a subset of Lean.
["Towards an Intermediate Language Based on Graph Rewriting", H.P. Barendregt et al in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, G. Goos ed, LNCS 259, Springer 1987, pp.159-175]. (1995-01-25)
Lean (v.) [ I or T, usually + adv/ prep ] (leaned or UK also leant,) (leaned or UK also leant) (B2) （使）傾斜，（使）向一側歪斜 To (cause to) slope in one direction, or to move the top part of the body in a particular direction.
// She leaned forward and whispered something in my ear.
// I sat down next to Bernard, who leaned over to me and said "You're late."
// Lean your head back a little.
// That fence is leaning to the right.
Phrasal verb:
Lean (sth) against/ on sth (- phrasal verb with lean uk) (v.) [ I or T, usually + adv/ prep ] (Leaned or UK also leant,) (leaned or UK also leant) (B2) 斜靠著，倚著 To sit or stand with part of your body touching something as a support.
// He leaned against the wall.
// She leaned her head on his shoulder.
Lean sth against/ on sth (- phrasal verb with lean) (v.) [ I or T, usually + adv/ prep ] (Leaned or UK also leant,) (leaned or UK also leant) (B2) 把…斜靠在，把…倚靠在 To put something against a wall or other surface so that it is supported.
// She leaned the brush against the wall.
Lean sth against/ on sth (- phrasal verb with lean) (v.) [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] (Leaned or UK also leant,) (leaned or UK also leant) (B2) 斜靠著，倚著 To sit or stand with part of your body touching something as a support.
// He leaned against the wall.
// She leaned her head on his shoulder.
Lean sth against/ on sth (- phrasal verb with lean) (v.) [ I or T, usually + adv/ prep ] (Leaned or UK also leant,) (leaned or UK also leant) (B2) 把…斜靠在，把…倚靠在 To put something against a wall or other surface so that it is supported.
// She leaned the brush against the wall.
Lean on sb/ sth (- phrasal verb with lean) (v.) [ I or T, usually + adv/ prep ] (leaned or UK also leant,) (Leaned or UK also leant) 依靠，憑藉 To use someone or something to help you, especially in a difficult situation.
// He's always had his big brother to lean on.
Lean on sb (Informal) (- Phrasal verb with lean) (v.) [ I or T, usually + adv/ prep ] Leaned or UK also leant, leaned or UK also leant (C2) 向（某人）施加壓力，威脅（某人） To try to make someone do what you want by threatening or persuading them.
// We may have to lean on them a little if we want our money.
Lean (a.) (No fat) （肉）瘦的 Lean meat has little fat.
Lean (a.) (No fat) 瘦且健康的 Thin and healthy.
// Lean and fit.
Lean (a.) (Not enough) 收益少的，匱乏的 If a period of time is lean, there is not enough of something, especially money or food, at that time.
// It has been a particularly lean year for the education department.
Lean (a.) (Efficient) (Approving) （公司或機構）精簡的 A lean company or organization does not use too many people or spend too much money, so that there is no waste.
// Nowadays even efficient, lean, well-run industries are failing.
Idiom:
Lean and hungry 野心勃勃，志在必得 Showing a very strong and determined wish to get something.
// He's got that lean and hungry look.
Lean-faced (a.) Having a thin face.
Lean-faced (a.) (Typog.) Slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height. -- W. Savage.
Leaning (n.) The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
Leaning (a.) Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped].
Leaning (n.) An inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity, tendency].
Leaning (n.) A natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" [syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning].
Leaning (n.) The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning].
Leaning (n.) The act of deviating from a vertical position.
Leanly (adv.) Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.
Leanness (n.) The condition or quality of being lean.
Leanness (n.) The quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot [syn: meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity].
Leanness (n.) The property of having little body fat [syn: leanness, thinness, spareness] [ant: avoirdupois, blubber, fat, fatness].
Lean-to (a.) (Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.
Lean-to (n.) (Arch.) A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall.
The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment. -- De Foe.
Lean-to (n.) A crude, usually temporary shelter comprising a lean-to roof braced against any convenient support, as a wall, a tree or a pole. The roof may extend all the way to the ground.
Lean-to (n.) Rough shelter whose roof has only one slope
Lean-witted (a.) (Arch.) Having but little sense or shrewdness.
Leany (a.) Lean. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Leap (n.) A basket. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Leap (n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]
Leaped (imp. & p. p.) of Leap.
Leapt () Rarely of Leap.
Leaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leap.
Leap (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse. -- Bacon.
Leap in with me into this angry flood. -- Shak.
Leap (v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky. -- Wordsworth.
Leap (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
Leap (v. t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
Leap (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.