lee : Idioms & Phrases

Index

bruce lee

  • noun United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)
    Lee; Bruce Lee.
WordNet

By the lee

  • the situation of a vessel, going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side.
Webster 1913

By the lee, To bring by the lee

  • . See under By, and Bring.
Webster 1913

edgar lee masters

  • noun United States poet (1869-1950)
    Masters.
WordNet

edward lee thorndike

  • noun United States educational psychologist (1874-1949)
    Thorndike.
WordNet

gypsy rose lee

  • noun United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
    Rose Louise Hovick; Lee.
WordNet

henry lee

  • noun soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
    Henry Lee; Lee.
WordNet

jerry lee lewis

  • noun United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
    Lewis.
WordNet

Kitchen lee

  • dirty soapsuds. Obs. " A brazen tub of kitchen lee." Ford.
Webster 1913

lee buck trevino

  • noun United States golfer (born in 1939)
    Lee Buck Trevino; Trevino; Supermex.
WordNet

lee de forest

  • noun United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
    Father of Radio; De Forest.
WordNet

Lee gauge

  • . See Gauge, n. (Naut.)
Webster 1913

lee harvey oswald

  • noun United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
    Oswald.
WordNet

lee krasner

  • noun United States artist remembered for her spontaneous approach to painting; she was a founder of the New York school of abstract expressionism (1908-1984)
    Krasner.
WordNet

Lee shore

  • the shore on the lee side of a vessel.
Webster 1913

lee side

  • noun the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
    leeward; lee.
WordNet

lee strasberg

  • noun United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982)
    Israel Strassberg; Strasberg.
WordNet

Lee tide

  • noun a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing
    leeward tide.
    • a leeward tide is dangerous for small boats
WordNet
  • a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows.
Webster 1913

lee trevino

  • noun United States golfer (born in 1939)
    Lee Buck Trevino; Trevino; Supermex.
WordNet

lee yuen kam

  • noun United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)
    Lee; Bruce Lee.
WordNet

lee's birthday

  • noun celebrated in southern United States
    Robert E Lee Day; Lee's Birthday; January 19.
WordNet

lighthorse harry lee

  • noun soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
    Henry Lee; Lee.
WordNet

On the lee beam

  • directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length of the vessel and to the leeward.
Webster 1913

richard henry lee

  • noun leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
    Lee.
WordNet

robert e lee day

  • noun celebrated in southern United States
    Robert E Lee Day; Lee's Birthday; January 19.
WordNet

robert e lee's birthday

  • noun celebrated in southern United States
    Robert E Lee Day; Lee's Birthday; January 19.
WordNet

robert e. lee

  • noun American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
    Robert E. Lee; Lee.
WordNet

robert edward lee

  • noun American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
    Robert E. Lee; Lee.
WordNet

robert lee frost

  • noun United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)
    Frost; Robert Frost.
WordNet

shelton jackson lee

  • noun United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
    Lee; Shelton Jackson Lee.
WordNet

spike lee

  • noun United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
    Lee; Shelton Jackson Lee.
WordNet

To bring by the lee

  • (Naut.), to incline so rapidly to leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting.
Webster 1913

tsung dao lee

  • noun United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)
    Lee.
WordNet

Under the lee

  • (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land.
Webster 1913

Under the lee of

  • on that side which is sheltered from the wind; as, to be under the lee of a ship.
Webster 1913