ley

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/liː//leɪ/

noun

Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.

Similar
Leyenpasturepasturelandpasture landgrazing landlea
OriginFrench Ley →
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Meanings

ley1

nounley (plural leys)

plural leys

  1. agricultureArable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
  2. A ley line.

    For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]

    2010, Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate, The Book of English Magic
  3. alternativeAlternative spelling of lea.
adjectiveley (not comparable)
  1. not comparableagricultureFallow; unseeded.
  2. not comparableagricultureRotated to pasture instead of cropping.

ley2

noun
  1. archaicArchaic form of lye.

ley3

noun
  1. obsoleteLaw.

Ley4

proper nounLey (plural Leys)

plural Leys

  1. A surname.

Ley5

proper noun
  1. A commune of Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.

    Synonyms: Leyen

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA commune of Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.

Similar
Leyen

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
pasturepasturelandpasture landgrazing landlea
Broader
grassland
Also see
lealeyenley linemeadowpasturepastureland

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

ley · noun, adjective

See lea.

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Ley · proper noun

  1. FrenchLey
  2. EnglishLey

From French Ley.

More words from French

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Translations

Hungarian ugar, kaszáló
  • ugararable land used temporarily for hay or grazing
  • kaszálóarable land used temporarily for hay or grazing
  • legelőarable land used temporarily for hay or grazing
  • ugarnak hagyottfallow; unseeded
  • ugaron hagyottfallow; unseeded
  • vetetlenfallow; unseeded

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ley

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Anagrams

Elylyeyel
Cite this entry
APA

ley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ley

MLA

“ley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ley. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ley,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ley.

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