lee

noun

Definition of leenext
as in side
the part or half of something that is sheltered from the wind the lee of the ship on the lee side of the mountain

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lee
  1. side
  2. left
  3. flank
  4. top
  5. outside
  6. windward
  7. right
Noun
  • Either cut off an entire stem an inch or two off the ground or cut a side branch close to the main stem.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
  • On one side, there is widespread agreement that 2025 is already the year of agentic and physical AI.
    Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Definition of side
Noun
  • Israeli forces will pull back from many areas, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be able to return to what’s left of their homes, and there would be a surge of humanitarian assistance.
    Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • While scrambling to his left on a third-and-11 snap in the first quarter, Mahomes saw linebacker Patrick Queen shove Perine to the turf, leaving the veteran rolling on his back.
    Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of left
Noun
  • For example, in their most recent Premier League game against Chelsea, Ismaila Sarr finds right wing-back Daniel Munoz in space on the right flank, with Mateta occupying Chelsea’s centre-backs with a run in behind, towards the front post (see frame 2).
    Mark Carey, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • One leading candidate, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler, has been endorsed by advocacy groups from the party's left flank such as MoveOn and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and also by the centrist Third Way.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of flank
Noun
  • The text at the top of the video lists conservative commentator Benny Johnson as the source.
    Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
  • At the top of this season, those missions are done.
    Megan Vick, Variety, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of top
Noun
  • Second-year outside linebacker Byron Young had a sack, his seventh of the season.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Newton’s first law of motion states that an object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion remains in motion … unless acted on by an unbalanced [outside] force.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of outside
Noun
  • The heaviest rain is forecast for windward and mauka locations.
    The Sunset AI Lab, Sunset Magazine, 10 May 2024
  • For plants, such walls are edges that separate patches of ground into zones that are sunny or shady, windward or leeward, uphill or downhill, wetter or drier.
    Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
Definition of windward
Noun
  • To get started, from the Kindle’s homepage tap the three dots in the top right, then Create a Collection.
    David Nield, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But a square hole at bottom right reveals a middle-aged couple in the distance, dressed in dark business suits.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Definition of right
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led one down the garden path

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leech

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