lee
A protected cove or harbor, out of the windA protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
» Lee was taking a huge chance.
Lee nahm ein großes Risiko auf sich.
Meaning
5 sensesA protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
The side of the ship away from the wind.
Lee
подве́тренная сторона́podvétrennaja storoná
підвітряний бікpidvitrjanyj bik
the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
захистzaxyst, укриттяukryttja
Calm, peace.
(obsolete, uncountable)Lees; dregs.
Examples
62 sentencesLee was taking a huge chance.
deLee nahm ein großes Risiko auf sich. — frpzzd
Lee said he could not accept the job.
Lee said those were the conditions he had expected.
Lee knew they would attack with full force the next day.
A fishing light wavers under the lee of an island.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm, pleasant”), Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, “autumn”)).
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Forms
plural: leesSynonyms
17 synonyms- the side of something that is sheltered from the wind:lee sideleeward
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