Word Meaning

lee definition and meaning

v. i. To lie; to speak falsely.
n. That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
n. 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.
n. That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
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.

Crossword clues for lee

- __ Evans, comedian
- ... Evans, comedian
- ... Mack, comedian
- Actor, Bruce ...
- Actor, Christopher ...
- Author, Harper ...
- Director, Ang ...
- Eel returned to shelter
- Majors in acting
- Men in Black’s Tommy ... Jones
- Nautical shelter
- Protected side
- Protection from the weather for martial arts legend?
- Shelter
- Shelter (nautical)
- Sheltered part or side
- Sheltered side
- Sophie or Ang asleep so asp left
- Spike or Sophie – even Cleese!
- Whole escarpment provides shelter