lees Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
  2. noun United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
    Spike Lee; Lee; Shelton Jackson Lee.
  3. noun United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
    Rose Louise Hovick; Lee; Gypsy Rose Lee.
  4. noun United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)
    Lee; Lee Yuen Kam; Bruce Lee.
  5. noun United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)
    Tsung Dao Lee; Lee.
  6. noun leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
    Richard Henry Lee; Lee.
  7. noun soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
    Henry Lee; Lee; Lighthorse Harry Lee.
  8. noun American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
    Robert E. Lee; Robert Edward Lee; Lee.
  9. noun the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
    leeward; lee side; lee.

WordNet


Lees noun plural
Definitions
  1. Dregs. See 2d Lee.
Lees noun
Definitions
  1. A leash. Obs. Chaucer.

Webster 1913