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leem

leem is the alternative form of leam.

Meaning of leam

Noun (1)

leam (plural leams)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.
    • The Leams of the morning sun streamed through the half-closed shutters1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and...

Noun (2)

leam (plural leams)

  1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.
    • The horsemen spreading themselves along the side of the cover, waited untill the keeper entered, leading his ban-dog; a large blood-hound tied in a leam or band, from which he takes his name.1808, Joseph Strutt, [Walter Scott], “Section [IX]. Chapter II.”, in [Walter Scott], editor, Queenhoo-Hall, a Romance: And Ancient Times, a Drama. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne &...
    Synonyms:
    lead, leash

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Noun capitalized: LEEM

LEEM (plural LEEMs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, countable) Acronym of low-energy electron microscope.
  2. (abbreviation, acronym, uncountable) Acronym of low-energy electron microscopy.

Forms of leem

pluralleems
pluralLEEMs

Words formed from leem

  • SPLEEM

Questions about leem

What is leem the alternative form of?
Leem is the alternative form of leam.
What part of speech is leem?
Leem is a noun.
What is the plural of leem?
The plural of leem is leems.

Words near leem in the dictionary

  1. leeks
  2. leeky
  3. Leela
  4. Leelanau
  5. Leelanau County
  6. leem
  7. Leeman
  8. Leemann
  9. Leemans
  10. Leeming
  11. Leeming Bar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leem (page history and authors); LEEM (page history and authors); leam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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