Verb (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
- (chiefly dialectal) to gather.
- (chiefly dialectal) to pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (chiefly dialectal) to glean.
- (intransitive, chiefly dialectal) to glean, gather up leavings.
Origin From Middle English lesen, from Old English lesan (“to collect, pick, select, gather"), from Proto-Germanic *lesanÄ… (“to gather"), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather"). Cognate with Scots lease (“to arrange, gather"), West Frisian lêze (“to read"), Eastern Frisian lesen (“to gather, read"), Dutch lezen (“to gather, read"), German lesen (“to gather, read"), Danish læse (“to collect, read").
Adjective (comparative leaser or more lease, superlative leasest or most lease)
- false; lying; deceptive
Noun (plural leases)
- falsehood; a lie
Origin From Middle English leas, lees, les, from Old English lÄ“as (“false, void, loose"), from Proto-Germanic *lausaz (“loose, free"), from Proto-Indo-European *lÅ«- (“to untie, set free, sever"). Cognate with German los (“loose"), Swedish lös (“loose"). More at loose.
Verb (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
Origin From Middle English *leasien, from Old English lÄ“asian (“to lie, tell lies"), from lÄ“as (“falsehood, lying, untruth, mistake").
Noun (plural leases)
- an open pasture or common
Origin From Middle English lese, from Old English lÇ£s (“meadow"), from Proto-Germanic *lÄ“swÅ (“meadow"), from Proto-Indo-European *lÄ“y-, *lÄ“id- (“to leave, let"). Cognate with Old Saxon lÄ“sa (“meadow"). See also leasow.
Verb (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
- (UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.
Origin From Middle English lesen, from Old English lÄ«esan (“to loosen, release, redeem, deliver, liberate"), from Proto-Germanic *lausijanÄ… (“to release, loosen"), from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to cut, solve, separate"). Cognate with Dutch lozen (“to drain, discharge"), German lösen (“to release"), Swedish lösa (“to solve"), Icelandic leysa (“to solve").
Verb (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
- To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (leasehold) from the owner (freeholder).
- To take or hold by lease.
- (intransitive) To grant a lease; to let or rent.
Noun (plural leases)
- A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent
- The period of such a contract
- A leasehold
Origin From Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go"), from Medieval Latin lassÅ (“to let, let go"), partly from Latin laxÅ (“to loose"); partly from Old High German lÄzzan, lÄzan (German lassen, “to let, let go, release"). Cognate with Old English lÇ£tan (“to allow, let go, leave, rent"). More at let.
Noun - The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
