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Webster 1913 Edition


Lees

Lees

(lēz)
,
Noun.
pl.
Dregs. See 2d
Lee
.

Lees

(lēs)
,
Noun.
A leash.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lees

LEES

, n.
The grosser parts of any liquor which have settled on the bottom of a vessel; dregs; sediment; as the lees of wine.

Definition 2024


lees

lees

See also: leés and -lees

English

Noun

lees pl (plural only)

  1. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
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Etymology 2

Noun

lees

  1. plural of lee

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lezen.

Verb

lees (present lees, present participle lesende, past participle gelees)

  1. to read

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leːs/
  • Rhymes: -eːs

Verb

lees

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lezen
  2. imperative of lezen

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Luxembourgish

Verb

lees

  1. second-person singular present indicative of leeën

North Frisian

Etymology

In sense 1 from Old Frisian lesa.

Verb

lees

  1. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to read
  2. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to load

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Spanish

Verb

lees

  1. Informal second-person singular () present indicative form of leer.