Definition of lee

"lee" in the noun sense

1. Lee, Spike Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee

United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

2. Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Louise Hovick

United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

3. Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam

United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)

4. Lee, Tsung Dao Lee

United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)

5. Lee, Richard Henry Lee

leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)

6. Lee, Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee

soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)

7. Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee

American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

8. lee, lee side, leeward

the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

"lee" in the adjective sense

1. downwind, lee

towards the side away from the wind

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Quotations for lee

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck. [ Colton ]

Candlesticks and incense not being portable into the maintop, the sailor perceives these decorations to be, on the whole, inessential to a maintop mass. Sails must be set and cables bent, be it never so strict a saint's day; and it is found that no harm comes of it. Absolution on a lee-shore must be had of the breakers, it appears, if at all; and they give plenary and brief without listening to confession. [ Ruskin ]

lee in Scrabble®

The word lee is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 3

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lee in Words With Friends™

The word lee is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 4

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters lee:

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Words containing the sequence lee

Words with lee in them (175 words)

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Longer words containing lee

baleen baleens

bleed bleeder bleeders

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bleed bleeding unbleeding

bleed bleedproof

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bleep bleeped unbleeped

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flee fleece fleeced

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leeward leewardly

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sleep asleep

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