lees /lēz/

1. Sediment that forms during the fermentation or aging of an alcoholic liquor, eg wine
2. The worst part or parts

lee singular noun (rare)

lee¹ /lē/

1. Shelter
2. The sheltered side
3. The quarter toward which the wind blows
4. Tranquillity (obsolete)

1. Sheltered
2. On or towards the sheltered side, opp to windward or weather

leeˈward (also (nautical) /lūˈərd or looˈərd/) adjective

Relating to, or in, the direction towards which the wind blows

Towards the lee

The lee side or quarter

leeˈ-board noun

A board lowered on the lee side of a vessel, to lessen drift to leeward

lee gage or lee gauge noun

Position to leeward, opp to weather gage

lee licht of the mune noun

(in Scottish ballads) perh the pleasant moonlight

lee shore noun

A shore on a ship's lee side

lee side noun

The sheltered side

lee tide noun

A tide moving in the same direction as the wind

lee wave noun (meteorology)

A stationary wave, sometimes dangerous to aircraft, set up under particular conditions in an airstream to the lee of a hill or mountain range over which air is flowing

leeˈway noun

1. Leeward drift
2. Room to manoeuvre, latitude

make up leeway

To make up for lost time, ground, etc

lee² /lē/ (Spenser)

A river

• mildening
• mildens
• milder
• mildest
• mildew
• mildewed
• mildewing
• mildews
• mildewy
• mildly
• mildness
• mildnesses
• milds
• mild-spoken
• mild steel
• mile
• mileage
• mileage allowance
• mileages
• mile-castle
• mile-castles
• mile-high club
• mileometer
• mileometers
• milepost