lease
English
/liːs/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To gather.
- (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (transitive) To glean.
- (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lesen (lose) inherited from Old English lesan (gather, collect, pick, select) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (gather, collect) derived from Proto-Indo-European *les- (gather, collect, pick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*les-
Gloss
gather, collect, pick
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- hand English
- hold English
- holder English
- leasable English
- leaseability English
- leaseable English
- leaseback English
- leasee English
- leasehand English
- leasehold English
- leaseholder English
- leaser English
- leasest English
- leese English
- lese English
- nonleasable English
- prelease English
- sublease English
- subleaser English
- underlease English
- unleasable English
- wed English
- wedlease English
- laxāre Latin
- Lesart German
- Lesebeispiel German
- Lesefähigkeit German
- Lesekopf German
- Leser German
- Leseratte German
- Lesezeichen German
- ablesen German
- auflesen German
- auslesen German
- durchlesen German
- einlesen German
- erlesen German
- lesbar German
- lesen German
- lesenswert German
- nachlesen German
- verlesen German
- vorlesen German
- überlesen German
- aflezen Dutch, Flemish
- belezen Dutch, Flemish
- doorlezen Dutch, Flemish
- lease Dutch, Flemish
- leasen Dutch, Flemish
- leesbaar Dutch, Flemish
- leesbril Dutch, Flemish
- leeslamp Dutch, Flemish
- leesteken Dutch, Flemish
- leesvoer Dutch, Flemish
- leeszaal Dutch, Flemish
- lezen Dutch, Flemish
- lezenaar Dutch, Flemish
- lezer Dutch, Flemish
- lezing Dutch, Flemish
- liplezen Dutch, Flemish
- overlezen Dutch, Flemish
- uitlezen Dutch, Flemish
- voorlezen Dutch, Flemish
- dejar Spanish, Castilian
- laxar Spanish, Castilian
- *les- Proto-Indo-European
- *lesaną Proto-Germanic
- förlisa Swedish
- lisa Swedish
- *lēosan Old English
- lesan Old English
- lesen Middle English
- withlesen Middle English
- lesa Old Norse
- lestr Old Norse
- forelæse Danish
- genlæse Danish
- højtlæse Danish
- læsbar Danish
- læse Danish
- læsebriller Danish
- læseevne Danish
- læsefelt Danish
- læseferie Danish
- læseglæde Danish
- læsehest Danish
- læsehjørne Danish
- læsehungrende Danish
- læsehæmmet Danish
- læselampe Danish
- læselig Danish
- læselyst Danish
- læsemængde Danish
- læser Danish
- læsesal Danish
- læsestof Danish
- læsesvag Danish
- læsevant Danish
- nærlæse Danish
- sammenlæse Danish
- smuglæse Danish
- tankelæser Danish
- lēsen Middle Dutch
- lesan Old High German
- lees Afrikaans
- lesen Middle High German
- 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- לעזן Yiddish
- lesan Old Dutch
- vorlêsen, vorlisen Middle Low German
- aulesan Cimbrian
- lesan Cimbrian
- lèzan Cimbrian
- lözan Cimbrian
- lesan Old Saxon
- läse Alemannic German
- lêze Western Frisian
- lesa Old Frisian
- lesen German Low German
- dexar Old Spanish
- lesa Papiamentu
- læsæ Old Danish