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Webster 1913 Edition

Lee

Lee

(lē)
,
Verb.
I.
,
To lie; to speak falsely.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Lee

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Lees
(lēz)
.
[F.
lie
, perh. fr. L.
levare
to lift up, raise. Cf.
Lever
.]
That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; – used now only in the plural.
[Lees occurs also as a form of the singular.]
“The lees of wine.”
Holland.
A thousand demons lurk within the
lee
.
Young.
The wine of life is drawn, and the mere
lees

Is left this vault to brag of.
Shakespeare

Lee

,
Noun.
[OE.
lee
shelter, Icel.
hlē
, akin to AS.
hleó
,
hleów
, shelter, protection, OS.
hlèo
, D.
lij
lee, Sw.
lä
, Dan.
læ
.]
1.
A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection;
as, the
lee
of a mountain, an island, or a ship
.
We lurked under
lee
.
Morte d’Arthure.
Desiring me to take shelter in his
lee
.
Tyndall.
2.
(Naut.)
That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See
Lee
,
Adj.
By the lee
,
To bring by the lee
.
See under
By
, and
Bring
.
–
Under the lee of
,
on that side which is sheltered from the wind;
as, to be
under the lee of
a ship
.

Lee

,
Adj.
(Naut.)
Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; – opposed to
weather
;
as, the
lee
side or
lee
rail of a vessel
.
Lee gauge
.
See
Gauge
,
Noun.
(Naut.)
–
Lee shore
,
the shore on the lee side of a vessel.
–
Lee tide
,
a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows.
–
On the lee beam
,
directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length of the vessel and to the leeward.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lee

LEE

,
Noun.
plu.
less. Dregs; sediment. [See Lees.]

LEE

, n.
Literally, a calm or sheltered place, a place defended from the wind; hence, that part of the hemisphers towards which the wind blows, as opposed to that from which it proceeds.
Under the lee, denotes properly, in the part defended from the wind.
Under the lee of the land, is properly, near the shore which breaks the force of the wind.
Under the lee of a ship, on the side opposite to that on which the wind blows.

LEE

,
Verb.
I.
To lie. [Not used. See Lie.]

Definition 2024

Lee

Lee

See also: lee, leé, l'ee, and le'e

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Lee

  1. An English topographic surname​ for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag).
  2. A surname​ of Chinese origin, a variant of Li, a transcription of 李 (Lǐ) and other less common names such as 黎 (Lí) and 理 (Lǐ)
  3. A surname​ of Korean origin, a variant of Rhee (Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리)
  4. A male given name derived from the surname, or a nickname for names such as Leo and Leroy
  5. A female given name popular in conjoined names such as Lee Ann or Mary Lee.
  6. Any of various place names, including a river in England, a suburb of London, and a river in Co. Cork, Ireland.

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Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German lē, from Old Saxon hlēo. Cognate with Dutch lij, English lee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leː/

Noun

Lee f ‎(genitive Lee, no plural)

  1. leeward side of a ship (the side away from the wind direction)
    tosende See an Luv und Lee — “raging sea on the windward and leeward sides”

Antonyms

Related terms

  • leewärts
  • Leeseite

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliː]
  • Hyphenation: Lee

Noun

Lee ‎(plural Leek)

  1. Lee

Declension

Inflection of Lee
singular plural
nominative Lee Leek
accusative Leet Leeket
dative Leenek Leeknek
instrumental Leevel Leekkel
causal-final Leeért Leekért
translative Leevé Leekké
terminative Leeig Leekig
essive-formal Leeként Leekként
essive-modal — —
inessive Leeben Leekben
superessive Leen Leeken
adessive Leenél Leeknél
illative Leebe Leekbe
sublative Leere Leekre
allative Leehez Leekhez
elative Leeből Leekből
delative Leeről Leekről
ablative Leetől Leektől
Possessive forms of Lee
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Leem Leeim
2nd person sing. Leed Leeid
3rd person sing. Leeje Leei
1st person plural Leenk Leeink
2nd person plural Leetek Leeitek
3rd person plural Leejük Leeik

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch lei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leː/
    • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

Lee f ‎(plural Leeën)

  1. slate

lee

lee

See also: Lee, leé, l'ee, and le'e

English

Noun

lee ‎(plural lees)

  1. (sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
  2. (sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
  3. A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
    the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
    • Morte d'Arthure
      We lurked under lee.
    • Tyndall
      Desiring me to take shelter in his lee.

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

Afar

Noun

lee

  1. water

References

  • Tomoyuki Yabe, The Morphosyntax of Complex Verbal Expressions in the Horn of Africa (2007), which cites Hayward (1976) as the source of a usex lee fax-te "the water boiled"

Luxembourgish

Verb

lee

  1. second-person singular imperative of leeën

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ledd.

Verb

lee (present tense leer; past tense and past participle lea or leet)

  1. to move; to make a body part, or a thing (such as a bolder), move

Scots

Verb

lee ‎(third-person singular present lees, present participle leein, past leet, past participle leet)

  1. to lie (tell lies)

Spanish

Verb

lee

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of leer.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of leer.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of leer.

Tswana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.ɪ/

Noun

lee class 5 ‎(plural mae)

  1. egg

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iː

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