Definition of LEE

lee

Meanings

Plural: lees

Noun

  • 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
  • A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
  • The side of the ship away 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.
  • Calm, peace.
  • Lees; dregs.
  • Obsolete form of li (“traditional Chinese unit of distance”).

Adjective Satellite

  • towards the side away from the wind

Adj

  • Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.

Origin / Etymology

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”)).

Synonyms

Bruce Lee, downwind, Gypsy Rose Lee, Henry Lee, lee side, Lee Yuen Kam, leeward, Lighthorse Harry Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Rose Louise Hovick, Shelton Jackson Lee, Spike Lee, Tsung Dao Lee

Antonyms

stoss, weather, windward

Scrabble Score: 3

lee is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
lee is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lee is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 4

lee is a valid Words With Friends word