lees
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lees"
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).
Noun
editlees pl (plural only)
- The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 7:
- Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
- Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.
Synonyms
edit- (sediment): dregs
Related terms
editTranslations
editthe sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit
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Etymology 2
editNoun
editlees
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch lezen, from Middle Dutch lēsen (“to collect, gather, read”), from Old Dutch lesan (“to gather, read”), from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editlees (present lees, present participle lesende, past participle gelees)
- to read
Related terms
editDutch
editPronunciation
editVerb
editlees
- inflection of lezen:
Anagrams
editGalician
editVerb
editlees
Luxembourgish
editVerb
editlees
North Frisian
editEtymology
editIn sense 1 from Old Frisian lesa.
Verb
editlees
Conjugation
editConjugation of lees
infinitive I | lees | |
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infinitive II | tu leesen | |
past participle | leesen | |
imperative singular | lees | |
imperative plural | lees'em | |
present | past | |
1st-person singular | ik lees | ik lus |
2nd-person singular | dü leest | dü lust |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at leest | hi/hat/at lus |
1st-person dual | wat lees | wat lus |
2nd-person dual | jat lees | jat lus |
1st-person plural | wi lees | wi lus |
2nd-person plural | jam lees | jam lus |
3rd-person plural | jo lees | jo lus |
perfect | pluperfect | |
1st-person singular | ik haa leesen | ik hed leesen |
2nd-person singular | dü heest leesen | dü hedst leesen |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at hee leesen | hi/hat/at hed leesen |
1st-person dual | wat haa leesen | wat hed leesen |
2nd-person dual | jat haa leesen | jat hed leesen |
1st-person plural | wi haa leesen | wi hed leesen |
2nd-person plural | jam haa leesen | jam hed leesen |
3rd-person plural | jo haa leesen | jo hed leesen |
future (skel) | future (wel) | |
1st-person singular | ik skal lees | ik wal lees |
2nd-person singular | dü skääl lees | dü wääl lees |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at skal lees | hi/hat/at wal lees |
1st-person dual | wat skel lees | wat wel lees |
2nd-person dual | jat skel lees | jat wel lees |
1st-person plural | wi skel lees | wi wel lees |
2nd-person plural | jam skel lees | jam wel lees |
3rd-person plural | jo skel lees | jo wel lees |
Spanish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editlees
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ees
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