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leathered

leathered is the simple past and past participle of leather.

Meaning of leather

Verb

leather (third-person singular simple present leathers, present participle leathering, simple past and past participle leathered)

  1. (transitive) To cover with leather.
    • He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him.2015, Rain Trueax, Lands of Fire
  2. (ambitransitive) To form a leathery surface (on).
    • By the appearance of his deep suntan, which had leathered his skin, and the calluses that covered his hands, Sheriff Anderson figured the man to be one of the area ranchers.2003, Bonita Wagner, Satan's Choice, page 66
  3. (transitive) To strike forcefully.
    • He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
  4. (transitive) To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.
    • My father was very angry with me— -he took and leathered ( beat) me, because I ran away from my school ; for I did run away from my school ; he took and tied me up on a Sunday morning, leathered me a Friday night, and Saturday night : I was stripped naked when he leathered me on Friday night, and...1806, Andrew Kippis, The New Annual Register

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Adjective

leathered (comparative more leathered, superlative most leathered)

  1. (slang) Very drunk; intoxicated.
    • He'd been out with some of his work colleagues and naturally, got leathered. He remembers leaving the group to go to an ATM to get some much needed 'funds for more alcohol'.2007, Trudi Willis, Travel Bug, →ISBN, page 192
    • When Seini was born, we had a bash in a pub near my house called the Delph. All the St Helens lads came down as well as my schoolmates and we got leathered.2010, Sean Long, Nick Appleyard, Longy - Booze, Brawls, Sex and Scandal, →ISBN

Forms of leathered

comparativemore leathered
superlativemost leathered

Words formed from leathered

Questions about leathered

What does leathered mean?
Leathered means very drunk; intoxicated.
What is leathered the simple past and past participle of?
Leathered is the simple past and past participle of leather.
What part of speech is leathered?
Leathered is an adjective.

Words near leathered in the dictionary

  1. leathercrafting
  2. leathercrafts
  3. Leatherdale
  4. leatherdyke
  5. leatherdykes
  6. leathered
  7. leatherer
  8. leatherers
  9. leatherette
  10. leatherettes
  11. leatherfish

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