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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lees /liz/USA pronunciation n. [plural]- Winethe grounds or sediment that collects at the bottom of a bottle of wine, beer, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lees (lēz),USA pronunciation n. - Winepl. of lee 2.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lees /liːz/ pl n - the sediment from an alcoholic drink
Etymology: 14th Century: plural of obsolete lee, from Old French, probably from Celtic; compare Irish lige bed lee1 /li/USA pronunciation n. [countable* usually singular;
often: the + ~]- protective shelter:the lee of a rock in a storm.
- the side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind:the huts that were erected under the lee of the mountain.
- Nautical, Naval Terms[Chiefly Nautical.]the quarter or region toward which the wind blows.
adj. - of, on, or moving toward the lee.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lee1 (lē),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Nautical, Naval Terms[Chiefly Naut.]the quarter or region toward which the wind blows.
- Nautical, Naval Terms by the lee, accidentally against what should be the lee side of a sail:Careless steering brought the wind by the lee.
- Nautical, Naval Terms under the lee, to leeward.
adj. - pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English hlēo(w) shelter, cognate with Old Frisian hli, hly, Old Saxon hleo, Old Norse hlé
- WineUsually, lees. the insoluble matter that settles from a liquid, esp. from wine;
sediment;
dregs.
- Gaulish *lig(j)a; compare Old Irish lige bed, akin to Old English gelege bed. See lie2
- Medieval Latin lia, probably
- Middle French
- Middle English lie 1350–1400
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