Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.
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Lees
//liːz//
Synonyms for "lees" (84 found)
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25 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τρύξ noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Armenian
1 entries- մրուր noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Bulgarian
1 entries- утайка noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Catalan
1 entries- pòsit noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Esperanto
1 entries- feĉo noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Finnish
1 entries- sakka noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
French
1 entries- lie noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Galician
1 entries- borra noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Hungarian
3 entries- alja noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
- seprő noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
- üledék noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Icelandic
2 entries- botnfall noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
- dreggjar noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Irish
3 entries- amhaisc noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
- dríodar noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
- moirt noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Italian
1 entries- feccia noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Japanese
1 entries- 澱 noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Latin
1 entries- floces noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Lithuanian
1 entries- drum̃zlės noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Polish
1 entries- osad noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Russian
1 entries- оса́док noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Spanish
2 entries- heces noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
- hez noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Welsh
1 entries- gwaelodion noun (the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.
Source: wiktionary
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