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lee1    Audio Help   [lee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.protective shelter: The lee of the rock gave us some protection against the storm.
2.the side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind: We erected our huts under the lee of the mountain.
3.Chiefly Nautical. the quarter or region toward which the wind blows.
–adjective
4.pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee.
—Idioms
5.by the lee, Nautical. accidentally against what should be the lee side of a sail: Careless steering brought the wind by the lee.
6.under the lee, Nautical. to leeward.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE hléo(w) shelter, c. OFris hli, hly, OS hleo, ON hlé]
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–noun
Usually, lees. the insoluble matter that settles from a liquid, esp. from wine; sediment; dregs.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME lie < MF < ML lia, prob. < Gaulish *lig(j)a; cf. OIr lige bed, akin to OE gelege bed. See lie2]
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1.Ann, 1736–84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in U.S.
2.Charles, 1731–82, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
3.Doris Em·rick [em-rik] Pronunciation Key, 1905–1986, U.S. painter.
4.Fitz·hugh    Audio Help   [fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo; fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo] Pronunciation Key, 1835–1905, U.S. general and statesman (grandson of Henry Lee; nephew of Robert E. Lee).
5.Francis Light·foot    Audio Help   [lahyt-foot] Pronunciation Key, 1734–97, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Richard H. Lee).
6.Gypsy Rose (Rose Louise Hovick), 1914–70, U.S. entertainer.
7.Harper, born 1926, U.S. novelist.
8.Henry (“Light-Horse Harry”), 1756–1818, American Revolutionary general (father of Robert E. Lee).
9.Kuan Yew    Audio Help   [kwahn yoo] Pronunciation Key, born 1923, Singapore political leader: prime minister 1959–90.
10.Man·fred Bennington    Audio Help   [man-frid] Pronunciation Key, (“Ellery Queen”), 1905–71, U.S. mystery writer, in collaboration with Frederic Dannay.
11.Richard Henry, 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Francis L. Lee).
12.Robert E(dward), 1807–70, U.S. soldier and educator: Confederate general in the American Civil War (son of Henry Lee).
13.Sir Sidney, 1859–1926, English biographer and critic.
14.Spike (Shelton Jackson Lee), born 1957, U.S. film director, screenwriter, and actor.
15.Tsung-Dao    Audio Help   [dzoong-dou] Pronunciation Key, born 1926, Chinese physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1957.
16.a town in W Massachusetts: resort. 6247.
17.a male or female given name.
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lee    Audio Help   (lē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Nautical The side away from the direction from which the wind blows.
  2. An area sheltered from the wind: in the lee of the boulder.
  3. Cover; shelter.

adj.  
  1. Nautical Of or relating to the side sheltered from the wind: the lee gunwale.
  2. Located in or facing the path of an oncoming glacier. Used of a geologic formation.


[Middle English le, from Old English hlēo, shelter, protection; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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British religious leader and founder (1776) of the Shakers in America.

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Lee, Charles 1731-1782.  
British-born American Revolutionary general whose performance at the Battle of Monmouth (1778), when he ordered a retreat instead of attacking, brought about his court-martial and dismissal.

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Lee, Gypsy Rose 1914-1970.  
American burlesque entertainer who also wrote best-selling mystery novels, including The G-String Murders (1941).

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Lee, Henry Known as "Lighthorse Harry." 1756-1818.  
American Revolutionary politician and soldier. He served in the Virginia legislature (1785-1788 and 1789-1791) and as governor of Virginia (1792-1795).

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Lee, Kwan Yew Born 1923.  
Singaporean lawyer. Upon negotiating Singapore's independence from Great Britain, he became the republic's first prime minister (1959-1990).

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Lee,   (Nelle)
American writer. Her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), dealing with racial injustice in the South, won a Pulitzer Prize.

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Lee, Richard Henry 1732-1794.  
American Revolutionary leader who proposed the resolution calling for the independence of the American colonies from England (1776).

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Lee, Robert Edward 1807-1870.  
American Confederate general in the Civil War. He won victories at Bull Run (1862), Fredericksburg (1862), and Chancellorsville (1863) before surrendering to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox (1865).

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Lee, Shelton Jackson Known as "Spike." Born 1957.  
American director, screenwriter, and actor whose films, including Do the Right Thing (1989) and Malcom X (1992), explore American racism.

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lee 
O.E. hleo "shelter," from P.Gmc. *khlewo- (cf. O.N. hle, Dan. læ, Du. lij "lee, shelter"); no known cognates outside Gmc.; original sense uncertain and may have been "warm" (cf. Ger. lau "tepid," O.N. hly "shelter, warmth"). Leeward is 1666, "situated away from the wind," opposite of the weather side of the ship; leeway (1669) is sideways drift of a ship caused by wind.

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lee

adjective
1. towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind] 

noun
1. United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957) 
2. United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) 
3. United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973) 
4. United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926) 
5. leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794) 
6. soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) 
7. American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) 
8. the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [ant: windward] 

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lee [liː] noun
the sheltered side, away from the wind
Example: We sat in the lee of the rock.
Arabic: جانِب
Chinese (Simplified): 背风处
Chinese (Traditional): 背風處
Czech: závětří
Danish: læ
Dutch: luwte
Estonian: alltuulekülg
Finnish: suojanpuoli
French: côté sous le vent
German: windgeschützte Seite, Lee
Greek: απάγκιο
Hungarian: szélárnyék
Icelandic: skjól, var, hlé
Indonesian: bagian terlindung
Italian: riparo, sottovento
Japanese: 風の当たらない側
Korean: 바람을 받지 않는 곳
Latvian: patvērums; aizvējš
Lithuanian: užuovėja
Norwegian: le
Polish: osłona
Portuguese (Brazil): sotavento
Portuguese (Portugal): abrigo
Romanian: ferit de vânt
Russian: укрытие
Slovak: závetrie
Slovenian: zavetje
Spanish: abrigo, sotavento, socaire
Swedish: lä
Turkish: rüzgârdan korunmalı yer, rüzgâr altı
See also: leeway

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Lee Vining, CA Zip code(s): 93541

Lee Center, NY Zip code(s): 13363

Lee City, KY Zip code(s): 41342

Lee County, NC (county, FIPS 105) Location: 35.47611 N, 79.17229 W
Population (1990): 41374 (16954 housing units)
Area: 666.4 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water)

Lee County, VA (county, FIPS 105) Location: 36.70707 N, 83.12900 W
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Area: 1132.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Lee County, TX (county, FIPS 287) Location: 30.30672 N, 96.95639 W
Population (1990): 12854 (5773 housing units)
Area: 1628.0 sq km (land), 14.3 sq km (water)

Lee County, SC (county, FIPS 61) Location: 34.15825 N, 80.25347 W
Population (1990): 18437 (6537 housing units)
Area: 1062.8 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water)

Lee County, MS (county, FIPS 81) Location: 34.28905 N, 88.68121 W
Population (1990): 65581 (25971 housing units)
Area: 1164.6 sq km (land), 9.1 sq km (water)

Lee County, KY (county, FIPS 129) Location: 37.59050 N, 83.71773 W
Population (1990): 7422 (3025 housing units)
Area: 543.6 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water)

Lee County, IL (county, FIPS 103) Location: 41.73995 N, 89.29977 W
Population (1990): 34392 (13314 housing units)
Area: 1878.8 sq km (land), 10.2 sq km (water)

Lee County, IA (county, FIPS 111) Location: 40.64453 N, 91.47806 W
Population (1990): 38687 (16443 housing units)
Area: 1340.1 sq km (land), 55.4 sq km (water)

Lee County, AL (county, FIPS 81) Location: 32.59737 N, 85.35589 W
Population (1990): 87146 (36636 housing units)
Area: 1576.8 sq km (land), 17.7 sq km (water)

Lee County, AR (county, FIPS 77) Location: 34.77964 N, 90.78032 W
Population (1990): 13053 (5085 housing units)
Area: 1558.4 sq km (land), 46.1 sq km (water)

Lee County, FL (county, FIPS 71) Location: 26.57758 N, 81.92146 W
Population (1990): 335113 (189051 housing units)
Area: 2081.3 sq km (land), 1057.8 sq km (water)

Lee County, GA (county, FIPS 177) Location: 31.77659 N, 84.13731 W
Population (1990): 16250 (5537 housing units)
Area: 921.5 sq km (land), 16.1 sq km (water)

Lee, NH Zip code(s): 03824

Lee, FL (town, FIPS 39850) Location: 30.41832 N, 83.30184 W
Population (1990): 306 (132 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 32059

Lee, IL (village, FIPS 42587) Location: 41.79402 N, 88.94015 W
Population (1990): 319 (116 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60530

Lee, MA (CDP, FIPS 34620) Location: 42.30716 N, 73.25153 W
Population (1990): 2020 (879 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 01238

Lee, ME Zip code(s): 04455

Robert Lee, TX (city, FIPS 62564) Location: 31.89554 N, 100.48454 W
Population (1990): 1276 (691 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 76945

Fort Lee, NJ (borough, FIPS 24420) Location: 40.85043 N, 73.97132 W
Population (1990): 31997 (16847 housing units)
Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 07024

Fort Lee, VA (CDP, FIPS 29152) Location: 37.23342 N, 77.33028 W
Population (1990): 6895 (1495 housing units)
Area: 14.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 23801

Valley Lee, MD Zip code(s): 20692

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Lee

Lee\ (l[=e]), v. i., To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lee\, n.; pl. Lees (l[=e]z). [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. --Shak.
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Lee\, n. [OE. lee shelter, Icel. hl[=e], akin to AS. hle['o], hle['o]w, shelter, protection, OS. hl[`e]o, D. lij lee, Sw. l["a], Dan. l[ae].]

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, a.

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.
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Lee\, n. [OE. lee shelter, Icel. hl[=e], akin to AS. hle['o], hle['o]w, shelter, protection, OS. hl[`e]o, D. lij lee, Sw. l["a], Dan. l[ae].]

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, a.

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.
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