lee

See also Lee, and l'ee

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English hlēo(w) (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwan (compare German Lee (“shelter”), lau (“lukewarm”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, 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”)).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iː

• Homophones: lea

Noun

lee (plural lees)

1. (sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
2. (sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.

Derived terms

• alee
• leeward
• leeway

Translations

a protected cove or harbor, out of the wind

Turkish: masun (tr)

side of the ship away from the wind

Dutch: lij (nl), lijzijde (nl) Finnish: suojanpuoli (fi) Russian: подветренная сторона (ru) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: за́вјетрина (sh) f. (Ijekavian), за́ветрина (sh) f. (Ekavian) Roman: závjetrina (sh) f. (Ijekavian), závetrina (sh) f. (Ekavian)

Swedish: lä (sv) n., läsida (sv) c.

See also

• lees

External links

• Lee in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• eel
• ELE

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Afar

Noun

lee

1. water

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Luxembourgish

Verb

lee

1. second-person singular imperative of leeën

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Norwegian

Etymology

From ledd

Verb

lee (present tense leer; past tense lea/leet; past participle lea/leet; present participle leende; imperative le)

1. To move; making a body part move, making a boulder move

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Scots

Verb

tae lee (third-person singular simple present lees, present participle leein, simple past leet, past participle leet)

1. to lie (tell lies)

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Spanish

Verb

lee (infinitive leer)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of leer.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of leer.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of leer.

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Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪ.ɪ/

Noun

lee CLASS 5 (plural mae)

1. egg