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lee

1   [lee]
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.
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adjective
4.
pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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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:
before 900; Middle English; Old English hlēo(w) shelter, cognate with Old Frisian hli, hly, Old Saxon hleo, Old Norse hlé
Example Sentences
  • Riley was about to order the sails lowered when he saw foam billowing on the lee side of the brig.
  • Plant in lee of evergreens to protect flowers from strong winds.
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lee

2   [lee]
noun
Usually, lees. the insoluble matter that settles from a liquid, especially from wine; sediment; dregs.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English lie < Middle French < Medieval Latin lia, probably < Gaulish *lig(j)a; compare Old Irish lige bed, akin to Old English gelege bed. See lie2

Lee

   [lee]
noun
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] , 1905–1986, U.S. painter.
4.
Fitz·hugh  [fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo; fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo] , 1835–1905, U.S. general and statesman (grandson of Henry Lee; nephew of Robert E. Lee).
5.
Francis Light·foot  [lahyt-foot] , 1734–97, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Richard H. Lee).
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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  [kwahn yoo] , born 1923, Singapore political leader: prime minister 1959–90.
10.
Man·fred Bennington  [man-frid] , (“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  [dzoong-dou] , 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 (liː)
 
—n
1.  a sheltered part or side; the side away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
2.  nautical by the lee so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
3.  nautical under the lee towards the lee
 
—adj
4.  (prenominal) nautical Compare weather on, at, or towards the side or part away from the wind: on a lee shore
 
[Old English hlēow shelter; related to Old Norse hle]

Lee1 (liː)
 
—n
a river in SW Republic of Ireland, flowing east into Cork Harbour. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)

Lee2 (liː)
 
—n
1.  Ang (æŋ). born 1954, Taiwanese film director; his films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), and Brokeback Mountain (2005)
2.  Bruce, original name Lee Yuen Kam. 1940--73, US film actor and kung fu expert who starred in such films as Enter the Dragon (1973)
3.  Gypsy Rose, original name Rose Louise Hovick. 1914--70, US striptease and burlesque artiste, who appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies (1936) and in films
4.  Laurie (ˈlɒrɪ). 1914--97, British poet and writer, best known for the autobiographical Cider with Rosie (1959)
5.  Richard Henry. 1732--94, American Revolutionary statesman, who moved the resolution in favour of American independence (1776)
6.  Robert E(dward). 1807--70, American general; commander-in- chief of the Confederate armies in the Civil War
7.  Spike, real name Shelton Jackson Lee. born 1957, US film director: his films include She's Gotta Have It (1985), Malcolm X (1992), and 25th Hour (2002)
8.  T(sung)-D(ao) (tsuːŋ daʊ). born 1926, US physicist, born in China. With Yang he disproved the principle that that parity is always conserved and shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1957

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Word Origin & History

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").
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