1. to learn (archaic or dialectal form)
Usage: archaic; dialectal; rarely used in modern English

1. the leaves of a plant or tree collectively; foliage
Usage: archaic; poetic

Examples

• In Shakespeare's time, 'lear' was sometimes used as a variant of 'learn.'
• The ancient poem described the green lear of the forest.
• The tree's lear turned golden in autumn.
• Children would lear their lessons from the village elder.
• The lear provided shelter from the summer sun.