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lire

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Interface épurée, une information courte et rapide à lire, parfait pour être tenu rapidement au courant sur les informations les plus importantes de la journée.

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Quick take

(UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lire gathered in one view.

noun

(UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.

noun

(UK dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.

noun

(UK dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lire.

noun

(UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.

noun

(UK dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.

noun

(UK dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.

noun

(UK dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird).

Example sentences

1

Interface épurée, une information courte et rapide à lire, parfait pour être tenu rapidement au courant sur les informations les plus importantes de la journée.

2

Then there were the my-dad-owns-a-textile-mill types who would learn a cheese from the print-it-yourselfers, spend millions of lire on cards, and replicate the cheese with the people who played with the official cards.

3

An old lady I know ran her little trattoria this way - you went in, paid 15 thousand lire ($8 or so), she gave you whatever she made that day, that was it.

4

"Plus, they’re worth about a million lire." That was roughly $100,000.

Quote examples

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"Plus, they’re worth about a million lire." That was roughly $100,000.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use lire in a sentence?

Interface épurée, une information courte et rapide à lire, parfait pour être tenu rapidement au courant sur les informations les plus importantes de la journée.

What does lire mean?

(UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.

What part of speech is lire?

lire is commonly used as noun.