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Definition: Alee |
AleeAdverb1. On or toward the lee; "put the helm alee". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "alee" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1904. (references) |
Note: Alee \A*lee"\, adverb. [Prefix a- lee.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Alee |
| English words defined with "alee": Ahull, Aweather ♦ Hard alee, hard up, Helm down, Helm hard alee ♦ Luff alee ♦ To luff alee. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Alee" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (alley, Avenue, Lane, Mall, parkway, promenade, ride, walk). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "alee": Hard alee ♦ Helm alee ♦ Helm hard alee ♦ Luff alee ♦ To luff alee. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alee | 7 |
alee aven | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "alee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | në erë (in the air). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | على أو نحو جانب السفينة البعيد عن الريح. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | na závìtrnou stranu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προσ το ηπήνεμο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szél alatt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sottovento (downwind, Lee, lee side, leeward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fo'n gheay. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aleeay a sotavento. (various references) sub vânt (Lee, leeward). (various references) в подветренную сторону. (various references) u zavetrini. (various references) rüzgâr altında, rüzgâr altına, bocada. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words containing "alee": baleen, baleens, whigmaleerie, whigmaleeries. (additional references) | |
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"Alee" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aale, aele, afee, aglee, Aiee, Aieee, Ajeen, ajle, alape, alau, alaye, alce, Alcee, Alceu, alde, aldea, alea, alear, aleay, aleb, alec, alede, aleed, aleef, aleeg, aleem, aleer, aleet, aleg, alei, Aleix, alek, Aleke, alene, aleo, aler, alere, aleu, aleve, alez, algee, aliae, alie, Alii, alize, alle, allee, allek, allete, allev, alleve, allie, alreet, Altecea, aluo, aly, alye, amee, amlee, anee, apee, atlee, aulae, Aulaye, avee, Azeem, calee, eele, olee, ralee. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l" | |
-1 letter: ale, eel, lea, lee. | |
-2 letters: ae, al, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l" | |
+1 letter: abele, aglee, allee, anele, eagle, easel, elate, laree, lease, leave, telae. | |
+2 letters: abeles, aedile, alkene, allees, allege, allele, aneled, aneles, areole, asleep, bailee, baleen, beadle, beagle, beflea, beleap, cellae, cereal, chelae, cleave, dealer, deflea, delate, delead, eagles, eaglet, easels, elapse, elated, elater, elates, elodea, eluate, empale, enable, enamel, enlace, exhale, female, galeae, galere, gelate, glebae, healed, healer, larees, lateen, laveer, leaded, leaden, leader, leafed, league, leaked, leaker, leaned, leaner, leaped, leaper, leased, leaser, leases, leaved, leaven, leaver, leaves, leeway, legate, mallee, mealie, measle, oleate, paleae, pealed, pelage, please, realer, reales, regale, relace, relate, repeal, resale, reseal, reveal, sealed, sealer, sleave, sleaze, stelae, teasel, teazel, teazle, telega, vakeel, vealed, vealer, velate, weasel. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 65 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. . . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01100101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l e e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0065 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35787171 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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