ley
/liː/
ley noun: arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing. Also the alternative spelling of lea.
Noun (1)
ley (plural leys)
- Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
- A ley line.
- For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]2010, Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate, The Book of English Magic
Adjective
ley (not comparable)
Noun (2)
ley
- Law.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Ley
Ley (plural Leys)
- A surname.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ley
Ley
Also used as
ley is also the alternative spelling of lea.
ley is also the archaic form of lye.
Synonyms of ley
Forms of ley
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | leys |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Leys |
Origin of ley
See lea.
From French Ley.
Words formed from ley
Phrases with ley
Words that rhyme with ley
Questions about ley
- What does ley mean?
- Ley means arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
- What part of speech is ley?
- Ley can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ley?
- Ley is pronounced /liː/.
- What is the plural of ley?
- The plural of ley is leys.
Words near ley in the dictionary
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