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Jeer
- noun - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
- showing your contempt by derision
- Sneers
Lear
- noun - British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
Leer
- noun - a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
- a suggestive or sneering look or grin
- look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"
Lehr
- unknown - a long tunnel-shaped oven for annealing glass.
Origin: c.1905-1910, from the German for pattern or model.
Meer
- - Simple; unmixed. See Mere, a.
Meir
- noun - Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978)
Near
- adjective -
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
- being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
- close
- closely resembling the genuine article; "near beer"; "a dress of near satin"
- giving or spending with reluctance;
- move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances;
- very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"