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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).

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lees pl (plural only)

  1. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
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lees

  1. plural of lee

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From 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).

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  • IPA(key): /lɪəs/
  • (file)

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lees (present lees, present participle lesende, past participle gelees)

  1. to read

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lees

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

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lees

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of lear

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lees

  1. second-person singular present indicative of leeën

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In sense 1 from Old Frisian lesa.

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lees

  1. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to read
  2. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to load

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlees/ [ˈle.es]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ees
  • Syllabification: le‧es

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lees

  1. second-person singular present indicative of leer