Word Meaning

Meaning of lees

- To lie; to speak falsely.
- That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
- 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.
- That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, 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.
- of Lee
- Dregs. See 2d Lee.
- A leash.

Crossword clue for lees

- __ Evans, comedian
- ... Evans, comedian
- ... Mack, comedian
- Actor, Bruce ...
- Actor, Christopher ...
- Author, Harper ...
- Cricketer Brett’s side?
- Director, Ang ...
- Eel returned to shelter
- Journalist, ... Lin Chin
- Majors in acting
- Men in Black’s Tommy ... Jones
- Nautical shelter
- Protected side
- Protection from the weather for martial arts legend?
- Shelter
- Shelter (nautical)
- Shelter from sleet
- Sheltered part or side
- Sheltered side
- Sophie or Ang asleep so asp left
- Spike or Ang asleep so asp left
- Spike or Sophie – even Cleese!
- Whole escarpment provides shelter
- Dregs
- Fermentation sediment
- Sediment
- Sediment of wine
- See Elle upend the alcohol sediment
- Wine sediment