Lees

English

Etymology

Old French lies, from Medieval Latin liæ (plural of lias), from Template:Cel-gau[[Category:Template:Cel-gau derivations|Lees]] *liga 'silt, sediment', akin to Welsh llai, Old Breton leh 'deposit, silt' (modern lec'hi 'lees').

Noun

Wikipedia

Lees (plural)

1. Template:Pluralia tantum The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
2. Template:Sailing Plural form of lee.

Synonyms

• dregs

Related terms

• lie

Translations

sediment

Armenian: մրուր hy(hy) (mrur) French: lie fr(fr)

Icelandic: dreggjar is(is) m. pl., botnfall is(is) n.

Anagrams

• eels,
• else
• lese
• seel
• sele

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Afrikaans

Verb

lees

1. to read

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Dutch

Verb

Lees

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

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Spanish

Verb

Lees (infinitive leer)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of leer.

ar:lees fr:lees ko:lees io:lees it:lees lt:lees ml:lees nl:lees ja:lees pt:lees ru:lees fi:lees sv:lees ta:lees te:lees vi:lees