ley

liː

Definition of ley - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

pasture

Dated

field covered with grass or herbage suitable for grazing by livestock

Dated

The cows grazed peacefully in the ley throughout the day..

grassland

meadow

pasture

geography

Dated

line joining two prominent landscape points

Dated

The ancient ley connected the two hills.

alignment

ley line

history

Rare

obsolete term for law

Rare

In old texts, 'ley' referred to the law.

law

ordinance

statute

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field covered with grass or herbage suitable for grazing by livestock

Expressions with ley

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ley line

imaginary line believed to connect special or mystical places

Some people think Stonehenge sits on a ley line.

Origin of ley

Old English, lagu (law)

Examples of ley in a sentence

Farmers often rotate crops and ley to maintain soil health.
The ley was marked on the ancient map.
Explorers followed the ley to discover new sites.
The ancient manuscript mentioned the king's ley.
Scholars studied the ley in medieval documents.

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French:prairie, alignement, ...
German:Weide, Ley-Linie, ...
Italian:prato, linea ley, ...
Spanish:pradera, línea de ley, ...
Portuguese:pastagem, linha ley, ...
Chinese:牧草地, 地脉, ...
Japanese:牧草地, レイ, ...
Arabic:مَرْعًى, خَطّ لِي, ...
Hebrew:שְׂדֵה מִרְעֶה, קַו, ...
Russian:луг, линия, ...
Ukrainian:луг, лей, ...
Hindi:चरागाह, ले, ...
Bengali:ঘাসের মাঠ, লেই, ...
Catalan:prat, línia tel.lúrica, ...
Czech:pastvina, leyova linie, ...
Danish:græsmark, linjeforbindelse, ...
Dutch:grasland, ley-lijn, ...
Greek:λιβάδι, γραμμή, ...
Hungarian:gyep, lej-vonal, ...
Khmer:វាលស្មៅចិញ្ចឹមសត្វ, ខ្សែស្រមើស្រមៃតភ្ជាប់ចំណុចលេចធ្លោក្នុងទេសភាព, ...
Korean:목초지, 레이 라인, ...
Persian:چمنزار, خط باستانی, ...
Polish:łąka, linia ley, ...
Portuguese (BR):pastagem, linha, ...
Romanian:pășune, linie energetică, ...
Swedish:äng, ley-linje, ...
Thai:ทุ่งหญ้า, เส้นลี่, ...
Turkish:mera, ley hattı, ...
Vietnamese:đồng cỏ, đường ley, ...

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