lek
1a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
(of a male) to assemble in a lek and engage in competitive displays.
Origin of lek
1Words Nearby lek
Other definitions for lek (2 of 3)
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Albania, equal to 100 qintars.
Origin of lek
2Other definitions for Lek (3 of 3)
a river in the central Netherlands, flowing W to the Meuse River; the N branch of the lower Rhine. 40 miles (64 km) long.
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How to use lek in a sentence
She spends much of her time there worrying about the future of the local Gunnison sage grouse population, which has returned to its lek, or mating grounds, on her father’s land for as long as she can remember.
‘Site Fidelity’ Explores Why We Fight for the Places We Love | smurguia | July 16, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe Ritz hired Thai architect lek Bunnag for the grounds and IA49 as the interior designer.
Acatalectic, a-kat-a-lek′tik, adj. having the complete number of syllables as a verse: without defect.
Dat's de fines' hawse dat dis chile ebber seen, an' I'se gwan ter watch ober heem lek he wus de apple ob mah eye.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. Standishlek had travelled much over Germany, but he had never before seen a town like the one below him.
ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands; | Hezekiah Butterworth
He strode away towards a faded cottage on the outskirts of the town, leaving lek to wonder what his mysterious answer could mean.
ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands; | Hezekiah ButterworthAway hobbled the dame; and lek, wondering at her answer, entered what seemed to him the principal street.
ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands; | Hezekiah Butterworth
British Dictionary definitions for lek (1 of 2)
/ (lɛk) /
a small area in which birds of certain species, notably the black grouse, gather for sexual display and courtship
the act or practice of so gathering
Origin of lek
1British Dictionary definitions for lek (2 of 2)
/ (lɛk) /
the standard monetary unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka
Origin of lek
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