ALL meanings of lees
lees
L l - noun lees Ann, 1736–84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in U.S. 1
- noun lees Charles, 1731–82, American Revolutionary general, born in England. 1
- noun lees Doris Emrick [em-rik] /ˈɛm rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1905–1986, U.S. painter. 1
- noun lees Fitzhugh [fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo,, fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo] /ˈfɪtsˌhyu or, often, -ˌyu,, fɪtsˈhyu or, often, -ˈyu/ (Show IPA), 1835–1905, U.S. general and statesman (grandson of Henry Lee; nephew of Robert E. Lee). 1
- noun lees Francis Lightfoot [lahyt-foo t] /ˈlaɪtˌfʊt/ (Show IPA), 1734–97, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Richard H. Lee). 1
- noun lees Gypsy Rose (Rose Louise Hovick) 1914–70, U.S. entertainer. 1
- noun lees Harper, born 1926, U.S. novelist. 1
- noun lees Henry ("Light-Horse Harry") 1756–1818, American Revolutionary general (father of Robert E. Lee). 1
- noun lees Kuan Yew [kwahn yoo] /kwɑn yu/ (Show IPA), 1923–2015, Singapore political leader: prime minister 1959–90. 1
- noun lees Manfred Bennington [man-frid] /ˈmæn frɪd/ (Show IPA), ("Ellery Queen") 1905–71, U.S. mystery writer, in collaboration with Frederic Dannay. 1
- noun lees Richard Henry, 1732–94, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Francis L. Lee). 1
- noun lees Robert E(dward) 1807–70, U.S. soldier and educator: Confederate general in the American Civil War (son of Henry Lee). 1
- noun lees Sir Sidney, 1859–1926, English biographer and critic. 1
- noun lees Spike (Shelton Jackson Lee) born 1957, U.S. film director, screenwriter, and actor. 1
- noun lees Tsung-Dao [dzoo ng-dou] /ˈdzʊŋˈdaʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1926, Chinese physicist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1957. 1
- noun lees a town in W Massachusetts: resort. 1
- noun lees a male or female given name. 1
- adjective lees pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee. 1
- idioms lees by the lee, Nautical. accidentally against what should be the lee side of a sail: Careless steering brought the wind by the lee. 1
- idioms lees under the lee, Nautical. to leeward. 1
- noun lees The sediment of wine in the barrel. 1
- noun plural lees the sediment from an alcoholic drink 0
- noun plural lees dregs or sediment, as of fermenting wine 0