peer
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
Variant of piren, Middle English peren
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peer (third-person singular simple present peers, present participle peering, simple past and past participle peered)
- (intransitive) To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- He walked slowly past the gate and peered through a narrow gap in the cedar hedge. The girl was moving along a sanded walk, toward a gray, unpainted house, with a steep roof, broken by dormer windows.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- He would peek into the curtained windows, or, climbing upon the roof, peer down the black depths of the chimney in vain endeavor to solve the unknown wonders that lay within those strong walls.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
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to look with difficulty or as if searching
[edit] Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman peir, Old French per, from Latin par.
[edit] Noun
peer (plural peers)
- Somebody or something who/that is at an equal level.
- A noble with a hereditary title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
[edit] Translations
of equal level
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noble
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[edit] Verb
peer (third-person singular simple present peers, present participle peering, simple past and past participle peered)
- (Internet) To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.
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peer (plural peers)
- Someone who pees, someone who urinates.
- 1999 August 22, “Re: Swimming after eating”, alt.folklore.urban, Usenet:
- As was the caveat about peeing in a pool. Of course, peeing in a pool wasn't dangerous to the person ... If you peed in a pool, and you were carrying the polio virus, presumably *other* people were put at risk, not the peer (pee-er?).
- 2000 August 29, “Re: 32 month old urinating in his room! HELP!”, alt.parenting.solutions, Usenet:
- SOunds like you've already broken him quite well, if he's peeing when disciplined. Pretty sad. He's not a dog, not that treating a dog like this is any better either. You've turned your child into a submissive peer.
- 2003 October 11, “Re: do female's "mark" their territory?”, rec.pets.dogs.behavior, Usenet:
- Submissive peeing, on the other hand, IS related to anxiety. But submissive peeing is not marking. A submissive peer is generally a very submissive dog.
- 1999 August 22, “Re: Swimming after eating”, alt.folklore.urban, Usenet:
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peer f. (plural peren, diminutive peertje)
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peer (plural peers)
- A pear.
[edit] Verb
tae peer (third-person singular simple present peers, present participle peerin, simple past peert, past participle peert)
- To peer.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
From Latin pēdere, present active infinitive of pēdō
[edit] Verb
peer (first-person singular present peo, first-person singular preterite peí, past participle peído)
- (archaic, vulgar) to break wind, to fart
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of peer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Rule: i becomes y before o or e;
Verb is conjugated like 'leer'.
| infinitive | peer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | peyendo | ||||||
| past participle | peído | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú | él/ella usted |
nosotros | vosotros | ellos/ellas ustedes |
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| present | peo | pees | pee | peemos | peéis | peen | |
| imperfect | peía | peías | peía | peíamos | peíais | peían | |
| preterite | peí | peíste | peyó | peímos | peísteis | peyeron | |
| future | peeré | peerás | peerá | peeremos | peeréis | peerán | |
| conditional | peería | peerías | peería | peeríamos | peeríais | peerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú | él/ella usted |
nosotros | vosotros | ellos/ellas ustedes |
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| present | pea | peas | pea | peamos | peáis | pean | |
| imperfect (ra) |
peyera | peyeras | peyera | peyéramos | peyerais | peyeran | |
| imperfect (se) |
peyese | peyeses | peyese | peyésemos | peyeseis | peyesen | |
| future | peyere | peyeres | peyere | peyéremos | peyereis | peyeren | |
| imperative | — | tú | usted | nosotros | vosotros | ustedes | |
| affirmative | pee | pea | peamos | peed | pean | ||
| negative | no peas | no pea | no peamos | no peáis | no pean | ||
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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