"lees" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /liːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lees.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -iːz Etymology: From Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”). Doublet of lias; also related to Loire and Leicester. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}, {{der|en|fro|lies}} Old French lies, {{der|en|la-med|lias||lees, dregs}} Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”), {{der|en|cel-gau|*ligyā}} Gaulish *ligyā, {{cog|cy|llai}} Welsh llai, {{cog|obt|leh||deposit, silt}} Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”), {{der|en|cel-pro|*legyā||layer}} Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*legʰ-||to lie (down)}} Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”), {{dbt|en|lias}} Doublet of lias Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} lees pl (plural only)
  1. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit. Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms (sediment): dregs Derived forms: leesy Related terms: lie Translations (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit): τρύξ (trúx) [feminine, singular] (Ancient Greek), մրուր (mrur) (Armenian), утайка (utajka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pòsit [masculine] (Catalan), feĉo (Esperanto), sakka (Finnish), lie [feminine] (French), borra [feminine] (Galician), seprő (Hungarian), üledék (Hungarian), alja (Hungarian), dreggjar [masculine, plural] (Icelandic), botnfall [neuter] (Icelandic), moirt [feminine] (Irish), dríodar [masculine] (Irish), amhaisc [feminine, literary] (Irish), feccia [feminine] (Italian), (ori) (Japanese), floces [feminine, plural] (Latin), drum̃zlės [feminine, plural] (Lithuanian), osad [masculine] (Polish), оса́док (osádok) [masculine] (Russian), heces [feminine, plural] (Spanish), hez [feminine, rare] (Spanish), gwaelodion [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /liːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lees.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -iːz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} lees
  1. plural of lee Tags: form-of, plural Form of: lee
    Sense id: en-lees-en-noun-5Ep95DPs Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 2 17 11 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "word": "澱"
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}

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