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leath·er

(lĕth′ər)

1. The dressed or tanned hide of an animal.

2. Any of various articles or parts made of dressed or tanned hide, such as a boot or strap.

3. The flap of a dog's ear.

tr.v. leath·ered, leath·er·ing, leath·ers

1. To cover wholly or in part with the dressed or tanned hide of an animal.

2. Informal To beat with a strap made of hide.

adj.

1. Made of, relating to, or resembling dressed or tanned animal hide.

2. Slang Of or relating to the wearing of leather, or patronized by people who wear leather, especially as a sexual fetish: a leather bar.

[Middle English lether, from Old English lether- (as in letherhose, leather pants).]

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leather

(ˈlɛðə)

a. a material consisting of the skin of an animal made smooth and flexible by tanning, removing the hair, etc

b. (as modifier): leather goods. coriaceousleathern

2. (Clothing & Fashion) (plural) leather clothes, esp as worn by motorcyclists

3. (Zoology) the flap of a dog's ear

vb (tr)

4. to cover with leather

5. to whip with or as if with a leather strap

[Old English lether- (in compound words); related to Old High German leder, Old Norse lethr-]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

leath•er

(ˈlɛð ər)
n.

1. the skin of an animal with the hair removed and prepared by tanning or a similar process to preserve it and make it pliable or supple when dry.

2. an article made of this material.

adj.

3. pertaining to, made of, or resembling leather.

4. Slang.

a. designating or pertaining to a person who wears leather clothing as a sign of rough masculinity, esp. a homosexual.

b. catering to such persons: gay leather bars.

v.t.

5. to cover or furnish with leather.

6. Informal. to beat with a leather strap.

[before 1000; Middle English lether, Old English lether-, c. Old Saxon lethar, Old High German ledar, Old Norse lethr, Middle Irish lethar]

leather

Past participle: leathered
Gerund: leathering

Imperative
leather
leather

Present
I leather
you leather
he/she/it leathers
we leather
you leather
they leather

Preterite
I leathered
you leathered
he/she/it leathered
we leathered
you leathered
they leathered

Present Continuous
I am leathering
you are leathering
he/she/it is leathering
we are leathering
you are leathering
they are leathering

Present Perfect
I have leathered
you have leathered
he/she/it has leathered
we have leathered
you have leathered
they have leathered

Past Continuous
I was leathering
you were leathering
he/she/it was leathering
we were leathering
you were leathering
they were leathering

Past Perfect
I had leathered
you had leathered
he/she/it had leathered
we had leathered
you had leathered
they had leathered

Future
I will leather
you will leather
he/she/it will leather
we will leather
you will leather
they will leather

Future Perfect
I will have leathered
you will have leathered
he/she/it will have leathered
we will have leathered
you will have leathered
they will have leathered

Future Continuous
I will be leathering
you will be leathering
he/she/it will be leathering
we will be leathering
you will be leathering
they will be leathering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been leathering
you have been leathering
he/she/it has been leathering
we have been leathering
you have been leathering
they have been leathering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been leathering
you will have been leathering
he/she/it will have been leathering
we will have been leathering
you will have been leathering
they will have been leathering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been leathering
you had been leathering
he/she/it had been leathering
we had been leathering
you had been leathering
they had been leathering

Conditional
I would leather
you would leather
he/she/it would leather
we would leather
you would leather
they would leather

Past Conditional
I would have leathered
you would have leathered
he/she/it would have leathered
we would have leathered
you would have leathered
they would have leathered

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Noun	1.	leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning piece of leather - a separate part consisting of leather animal skin - the outer covering of an animal grain - the side of leather from which the hair has been removed alligator - leather made from alligator's hide buckskin - a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin buff - a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen ooze leather - a very soft leather made from the skins of calves and having a suede finish on the flesh side Russia leather - a smooth leather tanned with willow, birch, or oak, and scented on the flesh side with birch oil calfskin, calf - fine leather from the skin of a calf whit leather, white leather - a leather that has been treated with alum and/or salt chammy, chammy leather, chamois, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather - a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin cordovan - a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain cowhide, cowskin - leather made from the hide of a cow crush, crushed leather - leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated deerskin - leather from the hide of a deer doeskin - soft leather from deerskin or lambskin glove leather - leather suitable for making gloves horsehide - leather from the hide of a horse kidskin, kid - soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid gloves" mocha - soft suede glove leather from goatskin morocco - a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc. patent leather - leather with a hard glossy surface pigskin - leather from the skin of swine sheepskin, fleece - tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing shoe leather - leather used to make shoes suede, suede leather - leather with a napped surface roan - a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
Verb	1.	leather - whip with a leather strap flog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

leather

noun skin, hide, pelt a sleeveless jacket made of leather

verb hit, beat, strike, belt (informal), pound, break, knock, punch, batter, bruise, lash, thrash, lick (informal), flog, pelt, clobber, thwack, lambast(e), lay one on (slang), drub They leathered me because they thought I could tell them where she'd gone.

Related words
adjective coriaceous, leathern

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Translations

جِلْدٌ مَدْبُوغٌجِلْد، جِلْدي

kůžekožený

læderlæder-

Leder

δέρμα

ledo

cuero piel de cuero de piel

nahkanahkakuulanahkavaatteetsäämiskä

cuir

koža

bőr

leîur

cuoio pelle palla da cricket cinghia [di staffa]

革

가죽

odastandus

āda

кожаный кожа кожан кожанка кожгалантерейный

kožený

usnjekoža

läder

หนัง

deri

da thuộc

皮革皮革的

leather

[ˈleðəʳ]

A. N

1. (= hide) → cuero m, piel f

2. (= washleather) → gamuza f

3. leathers (for motorcyclist) → ropa f de cuero

B. VT (= thrash) → zurrar

C. CPD → de cuero, de piel
leather goods NPL → artículos mpl de cuero
leather jacket N → cazadora f de cuero or de piel

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

leather

[ˈlɛðə^r]

n → cuir m

modif [garment, shoes] → en cuir, de cuir
a black leather jacket → un blouson en cuir noir, un blouson de cuir noir
leather goods → maroquinerie f, articles mpl en cuir

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

leather

n → Leder nt; leathers (for motorbike) → Lederzeug nt

adj → Leder-, ledern; leather belt → Ledergürtel m; leather goods → Lederwaren pl; leather jacket → Lederjacke f; leather shoes → Lederschuhe pl

vt (inf) → versohlen (inf), → ein paar überziehen (+dat) (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

leather

[ˈlɛðəʳ]

1. n (hide, soft) → pelle f; (hard) → cuoio; (wash leather) → pelle di daino

2. adj (see n) → di or in pelle, di or in cuoio
leather goods → (articoli di) pelletteria

leather

(ˈleðə) noun, adjective

(of) the skin of an animal prepared for making clothes, luggage etc. shoes made of leather; a leather jacket/case.

ˈleathery adjective

like leather, especially tough. The plant had broad, leathery leaves.

leather

→ جِلْدٌ مَدْبُوغٌ kůže læder Leder δέρμα piel nahka cuir koža pelle 革 가죽 leder lær skóra couro выделанная кожа läder หนัง deri da thuộc 皮革

leather

n. cuero, piel curtida.

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There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at last all he had in the world was gone, save just leather enough to make one pair of shoes.

Then he cut his leather out, all ready to make up the next day, meaning to rise early in the morning to his work.

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In the centre lay a leather mattress, placed almost flat upon the ground, over which hung a strap provided with a buckle, attached to a brass ring in the mouth of a flat-nosed monster carved in the keystone of the vault.

His underlings, two gnomes with square faces, leather aprons, and linen breeches, were moving the iron instruments on the coals.

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After throwing aside the thick mittens which had encased his hands, there now appeared a pair of leather gloves tipped with fur; he examined his priming, and was about to move forward, when the light bounding noise of an animal plunging through the woods was heard, and a fine buck darted into the path a short distance ahead of him.

“You may call it by what larned name you please, Judge,” said the hunter, throwing his rifle across his left arm, and knocking up a brass lid in the breech, from which he took a small piece of greased leather and, wrapping a bail in it, forced them down by main strength on the powder, where he continued to pound them while speaking.

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Nikita, though an habitual drunkard, was not drunk that day because since the last day before the fast, when he had drunk his coat and leather boots, he had sworn off drink and had kept his vow for two months, and was still keeping it despite the temptation of the vodka that had been drunk everywhere during the first two days of the feast.

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About the neck of each dog he had fastened a leather thong.

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And then they entered a chamber where the walls were covered with hog's leather, and printed with gold flowers.

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Her shoes -- of pink leather -- are fastened each with a bunch of yellow ribbons puckered up in the shape of a cabbage.

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Upon which a Currier stood up and said, "Sirs, I differ from you altogether: there is no material for resistance equal to a covering of hides; and nothing so good as leather."

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As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather.

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