Definitions for lea
li, leɪlea

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. leanoun

   a unit of length of thread or yarn

2. pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, leynoun

   a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leanoun

   A female given name from Hebrew, Latinized form of Leah.

2. Etymology: Proper noun [edit]

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leanoun

   Ground inclosed, not open.

   Etymology: ley , Saxon, a fallow; leag , Saxon, a pasture.

   Greatly agast with this pittious plea;
   Him rested the good man on the lea. Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.

   Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas
   Of wheat, rye, barley, fetches, oats and peas. William Shakespeare.

   Her fallow leas
   The darnel, hemlock, and rank fumitory
   Doth root upon. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   Dry up thy harrow’d veins, and plough-torn leas,
   Whereof ingrateful man with liqu’rish draughts,
   And morsels unctuous, greases his pure mind. William Shakespeare.

   Such court guise,
   As Mercury did first devise,
   With the mincing Dryades,
   On the lawns, and on the leas. John Milton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lea

   A lea is an open field or a tract of grassy land, it refers to a piece of land that is used for farming or grazing. The term is usually used in poetry or in literature, and it is less common in everyday language.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Leanoun

   a measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay

2. Leanoun

   a set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle

3. Leanoun

   a meadow or sward land; a grassy field

4. Etymology: [OE. ley, lay, As. leh, le; akin to Prov. G. lon bog, morass, grove, and perh. to L. lucus grove, E. light, n.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lea

   lē, n. a meadow: grass-land, pasturage.—Older forms, Lay, Lee, Ley. [A.S. leáh; cf. prov. Ger. lohe, loh, found also in place-names, as Waterloo.]

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1. lea

   Song lyrics by lea -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by lea on the Lyrics.com website.

2. LEA

   What does LEA stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LEA acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LEA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lea is ranked #3863 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lea surname appeared 9,180 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Lea.
   
   72.4% or 6,649 total occurrences were White.
   16.3% or 1,504 total occurrences were Black.
   4.6% or 427 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.2% or 301 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.3% or 214 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 85 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Country
   • Grassland
   • Linear Unit

Anagrams for lea »

1. ale

2. ELA

3. LAE

How to pronounce lea?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say lea in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lea in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lea in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of lea in a Sentence

1. Robert Burns:

   The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy

2. Tim Walz:

   Thank you to the law enforcement officers, including both local teams and our State Patrol troopers and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents, who worked to keep Albert Lea residents safe from further harm.

3. Tim Walz:

   Our thoughts are with the Minnesotans who were hurt in the shooting in Albert Lea this morning, thank you to the law enforcement officers, including both local teams and our State Patrol troopers and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents, who worked to keep Albert Lea residents safe from further harm.

4. Christy Sullivan:

   LEA did not receive proposed Policy 7560 ahead of time.

5. Sarah Shepherd:

   We're working on an RP model, but try to keep Lea Seydoux sounding French, if you have an American accent and a British accent, those will serve you very well as an actor.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lea
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lea
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lea
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lea
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=lea
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html