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What (who) is lee - definition
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Lee (name); Lee (disambiguation); Lee (surname); Lee (name) (disambiguation); Lee (film)
lee
I. a.
To leeward (opposed to weather).
II. n.
Leeward, lee-side, side sheltered from the wind.
lee
(lees)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The lee of a place is the shelter that it gives from the wind or bad weather. (LITERARY)
...the cathedral, which nestles in the lee of a hill beneath the town...
N-SING: with poss
2.
In sailing, the lee side of a ship is the one that is away from the wind. (TECHNICAL)
ADJ: ADJ n
Lee
·vi To Lie; to speak falsely.
II. Lee ·noun That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. ·see Lee, ·adj.
III. Lee ·noun That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (·esp. wine); sediment; dregs;
- used now only in the plural.
IV. Lee ·adj 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.
V. Lee ·noun 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.
Examples of use of lee
1. Singer–musician Grant Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo) is 44.
2. I trust him to look after Lee." Lee said: "He worries about me.
3. Well done Lee! – Aj, UK Good for you Lee, it‘s about time someone made a stand.
4. After the war, Lee became president of Washington College, now Washington & Lee University, in Lexington.
5. The man was identified as Scott Juhun Lee, 27, of Irvine, police Officer Jason Lee said.