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Definitions for Lees

[1] plural of lee2.
[2] protective shelter: The lee of the rock gave us some protection against the storm.
[3] the side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind: We erected our huts under the lee of the mountain.
[4] Chiefly Nautical . the quarter or region toward which the wind blows.
[5] pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee.
[6] Usually lees. the insoluble matter that settles from a liquid, especially from wine; sediment; dregs.
[7] Ann, 1736–84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in U.S.
[8] Charles, 1731–82, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
[9] Doris Em·rick [em -rik] /ˈɛm rɪk/ , 1905–1986, U.S. painter.
[10] Fitz·hugh [fits -hyoo or, often , -yoo; fits-hyoo or, often , -yoo ] /ˈfɪtsˌhyu or, often , -ˌyu; fɪtsˈhyu or, often , -ˈyu/ , 1835–1905, U.S. general and statesman (grandson of Henry Lee; nephew of Robert E. Lee).
[11] Francis Light·foot [lahyt -foo  t] /ˈlaɪtˌfʊt/ , 1734–97, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Richard H. Lee).
[12] Gypsy Rose Rose Louise Hovick , 1914–70, U.S. entertainer.
[13] Harper, born 1926, U.S. novelist.
[14] Henry Light-Horse Harry , 1756–1818, American Revolutionary general (father of Robert E. Lee).
[15] Kuan Yew [kwahn yoo] /kwɑn yu/ , 1923–2015, Singapore political leader: prime minister 1959–90.
[16] Man·fred Bennington [man -frid] /ˈmæn frɪd/ , Ellery Queen , 1905–71, U.S. mystery writer, in collaboration with Frederic Dannay.
[17] Richard Henry, 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Francis L. Lee).
[18] Robert E(dward), 1807–70, U.S. soldier and educator: Confederate general in the American Civil War (son of Henry Lee).
[19] Sir Sidney, 1859–1926, English biographer and critic.
[20] Spike Shelton Jackson Lee , born 1957, U.S. film director, screenwriter, and actor.
[21] Tsung-Dao [dzoo  ng -dou ] /ˈdzʊŋˈdaʊ/ , born 1926, Chinese physicist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1957.
[22] a town in W Massachusetts: resort.
[23] a male or female given name.
[24] the sediment from an alcoholic drink
[25] a river in SW Republic of Ireland, flowing east into Cork Harbour. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)
[26] Ang (æŋ). born 1954, Taiwanese film director; his films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and Life of Pi (2012)
[27] Bruce, original name Lee Yuen Kam . 1940–73, US film actor and kung fu expert who starred in such films as Enter the Dragon (1973)
[28] Gypsy Rose, original name Rose Louise Hovick . 1914–70, US striptease and burlesque artiste, who appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies (1936) and in films
[29] Laurie (ˈlɒrɪ). 1914–97, British poet and writer, best known for the autobiographical Cider with Rosie (1959)
[30] Richard Henry. 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman, who moved the resolution in favour of American independence (1776)
[31] Robert E (dward ). 1807–70, American general; commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies in the Civil War
[32] Spike, real name Shelton Jackson Lee. born 1957, US film director: his films include She's Gotta Have It (1985), Malcolm X (1992), and the documentary When the Leeves Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2008)
[33] T (sung ) -D (ao ) (tsuːŋ daʊ). born 1926, US physicist, born in China. With Yang he disproved the principle that that parity is always conserved and shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1957
[34] a sheltered part or side; the side away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
[35] by the lee nautical so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
[36] under the lee nautical towards the lee
[37] (prenominal) nautical on, at, or towards the side or part away from the wind on a lee shore Compare weather (def. 5)

Words related to Lees

dregs, residue

Words nearby Lees

leeds castle, leek, leek-green, leer, leery, lees, lees summit, leesburg, leet, leetspeak, leeuwarden

Origin of Lees

21350–1400; Middle English lie < Middle French < Medieval Latin lia, probably < Gaulish *lig(j)a; compare Old Irish lige bed, akin to Old English gelege bed. See lie2

Word origin for Lees

Old English hlēow shelter; related to Old Norse hle

Synonyms for Lees

dregs, residue