1. Towards the side away from the wind
   "They set up camp on the lee side of the hill";
   - downwind

1. The side of something that is sheltered from the wind
   "Campers set up their tents on the lee side of the hill to protect against the strong winds";
   - lee side, leeward
    
2. (sailing) a protected cove or harbour, out of the wind
   "The sailors sought shelter in the lee of the island"

1. American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
   - Robert Edwin Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee
    
2. Soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
   - Henry Lee III, Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee
    
3. Leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
   - Richard Henry Lee
    
4. 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, Tsung Dao Lee
    
5. United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1940-1973)
   - Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam
    
6. United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
   - Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Louise Hovick
    
7. United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
   - Spike Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee

Sounds like: lazing, las, lee, lea, li, Lee, L

Derived forms: lees

See also: leeward

Type of: actor, American Revolutionary leader, ecdysiast [informal], exotic dancer, face, film maker, film producer, filmmaker, full general, general, histrion [archaic], movie maker, nuclear physicist, peeler, player, pongo [Brit, informal], role player, side, soldier, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, thesp [Brit, informal], thespian

Encyclopedia: Lee, Matthew