'Lees' definitions:
Definition of 'lees'
(from WordNet)
noun
The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
Definition of 'Lees'
From: GCIDE
- Lee \Lee\, n.; pl. Lees (l[=e]z). [F. lie, perh. fr. L. levare to lift up, raise. Cf. Lever.] That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural. [Lees occurs also as a form of the singular.] "The lees of wine." --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- A thousand demons lurk within the lee. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lees'
From: GCIDE
- Lees \Lees\ (l[=e]s), n. A leash. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lees'
From: Easton
- Lees (Heb. shemarim), from a word meaning to keep or preserve. It was applied to "lees" from the custom of allowing wine to stand on the lees that it might thereby be better preserved (Isa. 25:6). "Men settled on their lees" (Zeph. 1:12) are men "hardened or crusted." The image is derived from the crust formed at the bottom of wines long left undisturbed (Jer. 48:11). The effect of wealthy undisturbed ease on the ungodly is hardening. They become stupidly secure (comp. Ps. 55:19; Amos 6:1). To drink the lees (Ps. 75:8) denotes severe suffering.
Synonyms of 'lees'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alluvion,
- alluvium,
- ash,
- bones,
- chaff,
- cinder,
- clinker,
- culm,
- deadwood,
- deposition,
- deposits,
- diluvium,
- dishwater,
- draff,
- dregs,
- dross,
- dust,
- ember,
- feces,
- filings,
- froth,
- garbage,
- gash,
- grounds,
- hogwash,
- husks,
- leavings,
- loess,
- moraine,
- offal,
- offscourings,
- offscum,
- orts,
- parings,
- potsherds,
- precipitate,
- precipitation,
- rags,
- raspings,
- refuse,
- scoria,
- scourings,
- scrap iron,
- scraps,
- scum,
- sediment,
- settlings,
- shards,
- shavings,
- silt,
- sinter,
- slack,
- slag,
- slop,
- slops,
- smut,
- soot,
- stubble,
- sublimate,
- sweepings,
- swill,
- tares,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste matter,
- wastepaper,
- weeds
Words containing 'Lees'
- By the lee,
- Lee,
- Under the lee,
- Under the lee of,
- Fort Lee,
- Kitchen lee,
- Lee County,
- Lee gauge,
- Lee shore,
- Lee tide,
- Lee's Summit,
- Lee, AL,
- Lee, AR,
- Lee, FL,
- Lee, GA,
- Lee, IA,
- Lee, IL,
- Lee, KY,
- Lee, MA,
- Lee, MS,
- Lee, NC,
- Lee, SC,
- Lee, TX,
- Lee, VA,
- On the lee beam,
- Robert Lee,
- To bring by the lee,
- bruce lee,
- henry lee,
- lee krasner,
- lee side,
- lee strasberg,
- lee trevino,
- lee's birthday,
- spike lee,
- Fort Lee, NJ,
- Fort Lee, VA,
- Lee County, AL,
- Lee County, AR,
- Lee County, FL,
- Lee County, GA,
- Lee County, IA,
- Lee County, IL,
- Lee County, KY,
- Lee County, MS,
- Lee County, NC,
- Lee County, SC,
- Lee County, TX,
- Lee County, VA,
- Lee's Summit, MO,
- Robert Lee, TX,
- edgar lee masters,
- edward lee thorndike,
- gypsy rose lee,
- jerry lee lewis,
- lee buck trevino,
- lee de forest,
- lee harvey oswald,
- lee yuen kam,
- lighthorse harry lee,
- richard henry lee,
- robert e. lee,
- robert edward lee,
- robert lee frost,
- shelton jackson lee,
- tsung dao lee,
- robert e lee day,
- robert e lee's birthday