huddle vs lease

huddle

verb
  • To crowd together. 

  • To form a huddle. 

  • To get together and discuss a topic. 

  • To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system. 

  • To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb. 

  • To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together). 

  • To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move. 

adj
  • Huddled, confused, congested. 

noun
  • A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play. 

  • A hesitation during play to think about one's next move. 

  • A dense and disorderly crowd. 

lease

verb
  • To gather. 

  • To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate. 

  • To glean. 

  • To glean, gather up leavings. 

  • To release; let go; unloose. 

  • To grant a lease as a landlord; to let. 

  • To pick, select, pick out; to pick up. 

  • To hold a lease as a tenant. 

noun
  • An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold. 

  • An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat. 

  • The period of such an interest. 

  • The document containing such a contract or deed. 

  • An open pasture or common. 

  • The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted. 

  • The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom. 

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