Pee vs Lee - What's the difference?
pee | lee |
(euphemistic, often, childish) urine
(intransitive, colloquial, often, childish) To urinate.
(colloquial) To drizzle.
(British, colloquial) Pence; penny (a quantity of money)
(sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
(sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
* Morte d'Arthure
* Tyndall
As a noun pee
is .As a proper noun lee is
for someone who lived near a meadow (the anglo-saxon for meadow being ley or leag).pee
English
Etymology 1
Spelling of the initial letter of (piss). Compare (eff).Noun
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoCoordinate terms
* pooVerb
- It's peeing with rain.
Synonyms
* (standard terms) make water, pass water, urinate, micturate * (euphemistic terms) wee, wee-wee * (vulgar slang terms) piss * See alsoCoordinate terms
* pooEtymology 2
See also
*Derived terms
* peejaysEtymology 3
Spelling of the initial letter of (pence).Noun
(pee)- I bought these carrots for fifty pee .
- I can't afford that — I'm one pee short.
Synonyms
* (plural) p, pence * (singular) p, pennyEtymology 4
See peak.Etymology 5
Alternative forms
* peaAnagrams
* ----lee
English
Noun
(en noun)- the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
- We lurked under lee .
- Desiring me to take shelter in his lee .