peer
/pɪɹ/ verb C1- To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
He/she/it peers · Past peered · Past participle peered · -ing form peering
Verb forms
- Base form
- peer
- He/she/it
- peers
- Past
- peered
- Past participle
- peered
- -ing form
- peering
From the library
The old peer stared from the stone to the smiling face before him.
A black hole yawned beneath into which we all peered, while Musgrave, kneeling at the side, pushed down the lantern.
“It’s not tattooed,” said the doctor, peering through his glasses.
For some minutes he peered forth in furtive, stealthy fashion, as one who wishes to be assured that he is unobserved.
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