leest

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) last (form on which shoes are made or repaired)
2. (feminine,figuratively) style, model, example
3. (dated,feminine) shape, figure, build (of a person)

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular,third-person) inflection of lezen:
2. (archaic,form-of,imperative,plural) inflection of lezen:

Concepts

waist

waistline

last

boot-tree

shape

loin

trunk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leːst/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lêest, from Old Dutch *lēst, from Proto-West Germanic *laist.

Sentences

Schoenmaker , blijf bij uw leest .

Cobbler, stick to your last.

Hij leest uit de Thora.

He reads from the Torah.