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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  1. side
  2. left
  3. flank
  4. top
  5. outside
  6. windward
  7. right
Noun
  • Google cofounder Sergey Brin, who moved to the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe and also bought a Miami home, and venture capitalist Peter Thiel also left California for Miami ahead of the Prop 40 cutoff.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The initial configuration already included the trailer side skirts and wheel covers.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of side
Noun
  • On the left, billionaires are regularly invoked as oligarchic overlords whose wealth and influence have helped erode the foundations of democracy.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Sofia Wylie’s Grace stands in the middle of the trio, the girl to her right cheering normally and the girl to her left, Lisbeth (Geena Meszaros) roaring animalistically.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of left
Noun
  • Doctors give big The next two years could be a crucial time for doctors as Congress considers the first major overhaul of how Medicare pays physicians, and the left flank of the Democratic party rallies around Medicare for all.
    — John Wilkerson, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Ahead, black dots move in formation like ants as Everest’s imposing upper flanks loom above them.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of flank
Noun
  • The ice scoop was in direct contact with the top of the machine.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The wide-leg pants keep things relaxed, and the ruched waist on the knit top adds shape and makes the whole look feel more polished than a standard sweatshirt set.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of top
Noun
  • Likewise, the idea behind the new Alliance is that forcing Hollywood’s biggest players to source a big chunk of content from outside would reenergize the market.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • These outside-in assessments help investors identify specific ways marketing could support a company’s next phase of growth.
    — James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of outside
Noun
  • Rainfall predictions for this weekend for the southeast and windward sides of the Big Island were 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters), with as much as 15 inches (38 centimeters) in isolated areas, Oswant said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • That storm dumped torrential rain — more than 3 feet in spots on the windward side of the island — that triggered damaging landslides and flash flooding that cut off small communities, destroyed homes and damaged critical infrastructure.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of windward
Noun
  • Many of his domestic critics have faulted him for prolonging the war in Gaza to appease his far-right allies, and for permitting ultra-Orthodox Jews to forgo military service to appease that sizable religious voter bloc.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Ellison fils’s most high-profile hiring decision was to enlist Bari Weiss—the former Times Opinion editor and founder of the center-right publication The Free Press—as editor-in-chief of CBS News.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
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“Lee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lee. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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