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The Meaning of lee

  • (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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

windward

Homophones

lae , lea , leigh , lely , li

Rhymes

abductee , abee , absentee , ac , achee , acree , actuality , actuary , addressee , adee , adoptee , adoree , agee , agree , ailee , aimee , akey , albee , amc , amputee , apogee , appointee , aretsky , askey , atp , attendee , b , baldree , banshee , barbaree , barbee , barclay , bbc , be , bea , beastly , beaudry , bee , beebe , benami , bhatti , bibbee , bibee , bibi , blea , bouchey , bougie , bouie , bourgeoisie , braintree , brea , bree , brie , bt , buie , bushee , c , c3 , cacld , calliope , candee , capri , carefree , cartee , cat-3 , cc , cd , chablis , chea , chee , cherokee , childree , colossally , comiskey , conferee , cottee , couey , coutee , crappie , cree , cuffee , curie , curlee , cxc , d , dalai , dauphinee , ddt , de , dea , debris , decree , dee , deedee , degree , deportee , depree , designee , detailee , detainee , devotee , di , diastole , directv , disagree , divorcee , djibouti , doubletree , draftee , dsv , dubree , dundee , dupee , dupree , dupuy , duree , duryee , e , eap , ee , embree , emcee , enlistee , enrollee , escapee , esprit , fanguy , fatheree , feathery , fee , ferree , filigree , flea , flee , fleuri , foree , foresee , forsee , franchisee , frazee , free , fsi , g , galilee , gassee , geac , gee , gemini , genesee , geri , ghee , glee , goatee , gretzky , guarani , guarantee , guaranty , guerry , gurnee , gutsy , gyi , gymboree , hammontree , hardee , hashi , hawaii , hawkey , he , hee , hembree , henri , homosexuality , honeybee , hyperbole , hyphae , idiosyncrasy , indri , inductee , internee , interviewee , irit , jaycee , je , jee , jessee , ji , jie , jubilee , kabuki , kea , keesee , key , khe , ki , kissee , klee , knee , kyi , labree , laryngoscopy , latchkey , lea , legree , leigh , lessee , li , licensee , lordy , loree , losee , louie , lp , lsd , lxi , m3 , machete , magee , manatee , marie , marquee , marquis , mcbee , mccree , mcfee , mcgee , mcghee , mckie , mcnee , mcphee , mcquarrie , mcree , me , mea , mee , mi , minestrone , mit , miti , moree , mpg , muti , nabil , ne , nee , nestle , nie , nobody , nominee , nyet , odp , ofc , olea , oui , oversea , oversee , p , panini , parolee , partee , pattee , pawnee , payee , pea , peay , pee , peewee , petree , phonology , pingree , plea , pony , portee , potpourri , pouncy , pre , precis , pree , prix , proctoscopy , quay , qui , ranee , ravi , rb , reality , realty , ree , reeh , referee , repartee , resignee , retiree , returnee , rhee , rhinoplasty , rippee , rosalee , rosemarie , rupee , satterlee , schnee , scree , sea , sebree , see , semele , sensuality , seti , she , sheree , shi , shieh , shih , shippee , shitty , shri , si , sie , sightsee , ski , slee , smee , smithee , soli , spree , sri , sunday , suny , swanee , syncope , sze , t , te , tea , tee , tennessee , thee , thermae , thi , thierry , thirty , three , ti , tiki , timpani , trainee , tree , trotsky , trustee , tse , turnkey , tuskegee , tv , tyree , undersea , v , valente , valenti , ve , vee , vendee , waikiki , wannabe , wannabee , we , wee , weighty , whitey , whoopee , wiehe , withee , woodmansee , xi , xie , yangtze , ye , yee , yi , yie , yippee , z , ze , zea , zee , ziad , zuni