Advertisement
Advertisement
lee
1[lee]
noun
protective shelter.
The lee of the rock gave us some protection against the storm.
the side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind.
We erected our huts under the lee of the mountain.
Chiefly Nautical.the quarter or region toward which the wind blows.
adjective
pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee.
Lee
2[lee]
noun
Ann, 1736–84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in the United States.
Charles, 1731–82, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
Doris Emrick 1905–1986, U.S. painter.
Fitzhugh 1835–1905, U.S. general and statesman (grandson of Henry Lee; nephew of Robert E. Lee).
Francis Lightfoot 1734–97, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Richard H. Lee).
Gypsy Rose Rose Louise Hovick, 1914–70, U.S. entertainer.
Harper, 1926–2016, U.S. novelist.
Henry Light-Horse Harry, 1756–1818, American Revolutionary general (father of Robert E. Lee).
Kuan Yew 1923–2015, Singapore political leader: prime minister 1959–90.
Manfred Bennington Ellery Queen, 1905–71, U.S. mystery writer, in collaboration with Frederic Dannay.
Richard Henry, 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Francis L. Lee).
Robert E(dward), 1807–70, U.S. soldier and educator: Confederate general in the American Civil War (son of Henry Lee).
Sir Sidney, 1859–1926, English biographer and critic.
Spike Shelton Jackson Lee, born 1957, U.S. film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Tsung-Dao born 1926, Chinese physicist in the United States: Nobel Prize 1957.
a town in western Massachusetts: part of the Berkshire resort area.
a male or female given name.
Lee
1/ ː /
noun
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)
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)
Gypsy Rose, original name Rose Louise Hovick . 1914–70, US striptease and burlesque artiste, who appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies (1936) and in films
Laurie (ˈlɒrɪ). 1914–97, British poet and writer, best known for the autobiographical Cider with Rosie (1959)
Richard Henry. 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman, who moved the resolution in favour of American independence (1776)
Robert E ( dward ). 1807–70, American general; commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies in the Civil War
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)
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
lee
2/ ː /
noun
a sheltered part or side; the side away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
nautical so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
nautical towards the lee
adjective
(prenominal) nautical on, at, or towards the side or part away from the wind Compare weather
on a lee shore
Lee
3/ ː /
noun
a river in SW Republic of Ireland, flowing east into Cork Harbour. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lee1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lee1
Idioms and Phrases
by the lee, accidentally against what should be the lee side of a sail.
Careless steering brought the wind by the lee.
under the lee, to leeward.
Example Sentences
Finally, he drew up in the lee of a large berg and shouted to Worsley to go back and help the other boat.
Plug settled himself in the lee of the house, out of the wind.
“No. A storm drove me on a lee shore, and I lost my anchor to windward.”
Winds also lift over and through crenulated ridgelines and careen downhill, accelerating with gravity on the lee sides of mountains, which is the side facing the ocean and densely populated coastal Southern California.
The winds developed as a strong low pressure zone intensified in the lee of Rocky Mountains.
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse