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# lee

«lee» in Mova's school dictionary: **the side of something that is sheltered from the wind…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the lee); adjective (lee: the lee side); also a name (Lee)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The lee is the side of something that is sheltered from the wind, like the lee of a wall or a hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lee/#m1)

2) On a boat the lee side is the side away from the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lee/#m2)

3) Lee is also a common first name and surname. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lee/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and weather lessons, the lee side of a mountain is drier because rain falls on the windward side first; this is called a rain shadow. In sailing and camping, you shelter «in the lee of» a rock or a hedge. Phrases: «in the lee of», «the lee side», «leeward». As a name it is written with a capital: Lee.

### examples

- We ate our picnic in the lee of a big rock, out of the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lee/#x1)
- The lee side of the mountain gets very little rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lee/#x2)
- Sheep crowded in the lee of the stone wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lee/#x3)
- The boat waited in the lee of the island until the storm passed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lee/#x4)
- My friend Lee lives next door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lee/#x5)
- Pitch your tent in the lee of the hedge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lee/#x6)

### note

Mostly used in the phrase «in the lee of». The opposite is «windward» (facing the wind); «leeward» means on the lee side. As a name it needs a capital letter. Homophone: «lea» (an old word for a meadow).

### In the corpora

- [In Swansea, Megan-Lee, 15, bosses Cerys, 9, from breakfast on: «Shoes on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/1/)
- [In Leeds, Jake-Lee's mum has a baby with her new partner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/27/)
- [Jake-Lee says, «She's my sister, not half,» and feels protective.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/29/)
- [Then Priya-Lee needs to get out, and the door is on Shanaya's side.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/10/)
- [«It's like prison, man,» Jordan-Lee moans at school.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.