lee

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   To lie; to speak falsely.

2. 2noun

   That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.

3. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee.

5. 5adjective

   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.

6. 6noun

   the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

   Synonyms

   leeward
7. 7noun

   American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

8. 8noun

   soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)

9. 9noun

   leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)

10. 10noun

    United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)

11. 11noun

    United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)

12. 12noun

    United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

13. 13noun

    United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

14. 14adjective

    towards the side away from the wind

    Synonyms

    downwind