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Leakey
- noun - English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944)
- English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
- English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
Leaned
- unknown - verb (used without object), leaned or (especially British) leant; leaning.
1.
to incline or bend from a vertical position:
She leaned out the window.
2.
to incline, as in a particular direction; slant:
The post leans to the left. The building leaned
Leaner
- noun - (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake
Leanly
- - Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.
Leaper
- noun - someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
Learns
- verb -
- be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
- commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
- gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
- impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
Learnt
- verb -
- be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
- commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
- gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
- impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
Leased
- verb - engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
- hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time"
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"
Leaser
- - One who leases or gleans.