"leam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /liːm/ Audio: En-us-leam.oga Forms: leams [plural]
Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leme}} Middle English leme, {{inh|en|ang|lēoma||ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning}} Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*leuhmô||light, shine}} Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leuk-||light, bright}} Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”), {{cog|is|ljómi||gleam, ray, beam, flash of light}} Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), {{cog|la|lumen||light}} Latin lumen (“light”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} leam (plural leams)
  1. (UK, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing. Tags: UK, dialectal Related terms: gleam
    Sense id: en-leam-en-noun-4H7ESB3j Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leem, leme
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /liːm/ Audio: En-us-leam.oga Forms: leams [plural]
Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: See leamer, lien. Head templates: {{en-noun}} leam (plural leams)
  1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.
    Sense id: en-leam-en-noun-VHAAd3NF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leem, leme
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /liːm/ Audio: En-us-leam.oga Forms: leams [present, singular, third-person], leaming [participle, present], leamed [participle, past], leamed [past]
Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: From Middle English lemen, from Old English lȳman, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lemen}} Middle English lemen, {{inh|en|ang|lȳman}} Old English lȳman, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*liuhmijan}} Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewk-||light, bright}} Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} leam (third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed)
  1. (intransitive, UK, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive Derived forms: leamer
    Sense id: en-leam-en-verb-AazpYcrH Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 12 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leem, leme
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "glosses": [
        "A cord or strap for leading a dog."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cord",
          "cord#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "strap",
          "strap#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "leading",
          "lead#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "dog",
          "dog#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-leam.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/En-us-leam.oga/En-us-leam.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/En-us-leam.oga"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːm"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "leem"
    },
    {
      "word": "leme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leam"
}

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