lees

English

Etymology

Old French lies, from Medieval Latin liæ (plural of lias), from Gaulish *liga 'silt, sediment', akin to Welsh llai, Old Breton leh 'deposit, silt' (modern lec'hi 'lees').

Noun

Wikipedia

lees

1. (plural only) The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:

     Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.

2. (sailing) Plural form of lee

Synonyms

• (sediment): dregs

Related terms

• lie

Translations

sediment

• Armenian: մրուր (hy) (mrur)
• Esperanto: feĉo (eo)
• Finnish: sakka (fi)

• French: lie (fr) f
• Icelandic: dreggjar (is) m pl, botnfall (is) n
• Irish: moirt (ga) f

Anagrams

• eels, else, lese, seel, sele

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Afrikaans

Verb

lees (past participle gelees)

1. to read

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːs

Verb

lees

1. first-person singular present indicative of lezen
2. imperative of lezen

Anagrams

• slee

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Luxembourgish

Verb

lees

1. second-person singular present indicative of leeën

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Spanish

Verb

lees (infinitive leer)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of leer.