Canadian English Meaning of lee

leeward

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Definitions and Meaning of lee in English

Wordnet

lee (n)

United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)

United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)

leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)

soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)

American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

Wordnet

lee (s)

towards the side away from the wind

Webster

lee (v. i.)

To lie; to speak falsely.

Webster

lee (n.)

That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.

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.

That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.

Webster

lee (a.)

Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.

FAQs About the word lee

leeward

United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957), United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadw

flank,Left,outside,right,side,top,windward,Bottom,Face,foot

centre,interior,middle,inside,Halfway

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