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Webster 1913 Edition
Lee
Lee
(lē)
, Verb.
I.
To lie; to speak falsely.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Lee
,Noun.
pl.
Lees
(lēz)
. 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
Is left this vault to brag of.
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 shipWe lurked under
lee
. Morte d’Arthure.
Desiring me to take shelter in his
lee
. Tyndall.
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 vesselLee 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.
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.
Definition 2024
Lee
Lee
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Lee
- An English topographic surname for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag).
- 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)
- A surname of Korean origin, a variant of Rhee (Hanja: 李; Hangul: 이 & 리)
- A male given name derived from the surname, or a nickname for names such as Leo and Leroy
- A female given name popular in conjoined names such as Lee Ann or Mary Lee.
- Any of various place names, including a river in England, a suburb of London, and a river in Co. Cork, Ireland.
See also
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)
- 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
See also
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈliː]
- Hyphenation: Lee
Noun
Lee (plural Leek)
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 |
lee
lee
English
Noun
lee (plural lees)
- (sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
- (sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
- 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
side of the ship away from the wind
|
See also
- Lee in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Anagrams
Afar
Noun
lee
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"
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From ledd.
Verb
lee (present tense leer; past tense and past participle lea or leet)
- 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)
- to lie (tell lies)