leese

/liːz/

leese means A surname.

leese is pronounced /liːz/.

Etymology

From Middle English lesen, from Old English lēosan, from Proto-West Germanic *leusan, from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”).

name

A surname.

verb

To lose.e.g.“But flowers distill'd though they with winter meet, Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.” — 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 5”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
To destroy.
To forsake or abandon.
To release; let go; set free.
To loosen, unfasten.
To hurt.

Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

amit 68% match — To lose. vs leese →
losing 63% match — That loses or has lost. vs leese →
losingly 60% match — In a manner that loses or will lose. vs leese →
forlese 58% match — To abandon, forsake. vs leese →
loser 56% match — A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive. vs leese →
perdendo 56% match — Losing strength or momentum. vs leese →
leany 54% match — lean vs leese →
perdulous 54% match — lost; thrown away vs leese →