LEE MEANING IN FRENCH

Definition & Synonyms

• Lee

1. (n.) That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
2. (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.
3. (n.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
4. (v. i.) To lie; to speak falsely.
5. (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.