leather

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Synonyms: weather, lather, feather, heather, eather, meather, loather, leacher, pleather, teather, deather

Antonyms: weather, lather, feather, heather, eather, meather, loather, leacher, pleather, teather, deather

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q286}}A tough material produced from the [[skin]] of [[animal]]s, by [[tan]]ning or similar process, used e.g. for [[clothing]]; {{ng|often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise}}.
2. A piece of the above used for [[polish]]ing.
3. {{lb|en|colloquial}} A [[cricket]] ball or [[football]].
4. (''plural'': '''leathers''') clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by [[motorcycle]] riders.
5. {{lb|en|baseball}} A good defensive play
6. {{lb|en|boxing}} A [[punch]]. <!-- from the material of the gloves -->
7. {{lb|en|dated|humorous}} The [[skin]].
8. {{clipping of|en|fruit leather}}.

Adjective

1. [[made|Made]] of leather.
2. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of [[sadomasochistic]] [[homosexuality]].
3. {{C|en|BDSM}} Referring to an [[establishment]] of [[familial]] relations through agreed [[sexual]] or [[romantic]] [[deviance]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cover with leather.
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To form a [[leathery]] surface (on).
3. {{senseid|en|to strike}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To strike forcefully.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[spank]] or [[beat]] with a leather [[belt]] or [[strap]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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