Meaning

5 senses

  1. A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Calm, peace.

  5. (obsolete, uncountable)Lees; dregs.

Examples

62 sentences

  1. Lee was taking a huge chance.

    deLee nahm ein großes Risiko auf sich. — frpzzd

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  2. Lee said he could not accept the job.

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  3. Lee said those were the conditions he had expected.

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  4. Lee knew they would attack with full force the next day.

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  5. A fishing light wavers under the lee of an island.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
side of the ship away from the wind:
sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object:
Русский
By meaning 1
side of the ship away from the wind:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
side of the ship away from the wind:

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: lees
Singularlee
Plurallees

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the side of something that is sheltered from the wind:lee sideleeward
  • leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794):Richard Henry Lee
  • United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1940-1973):Bruce LeeLee Yuen Kam
  • United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970):Gypsy Rose LeeRose Louise Hovick
  • United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957):Spike LeeShelton Jackson Lee
  • American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870):Robert Edwin LeeRobert E. LeeRobert Edward Lee

Antonyms

3 antonyms
stossweatherA1windward

Word family

7 related words
Derivedaleeleeboardlee clothlee-holeewardleewardsleeway

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ledgeledgerleechleekB2leer

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