lee
Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually airFacing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.
» Lee was taking a huge chance.
Lee nahm ein großes Risiko auf sich. — frpzzd
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1 senses(not comparable)Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.
lee side, lee shore, lee helm
- towards the side away from the wind
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.
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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