dee

¹

[ dee ]

noun

1. a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:

   The wire cutters hung from a dee on her saddle.

2. Physics. a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.

Dee

²

[ dee ]

noun

1. John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.
2. a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.
3. a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. About 70 miles (110 km) long.
4. a male or female given name.

Dee

¹

/ diː /

noun

1. DeeJohn15271608MEnglishSCIENCE: mathematicianMISC: astrologerTHEATRE: magician John. 1527–1608, English mathematician, astrologer, and magician: best known for his preface (1570) to the first edition of Euclid in English

Dee

²

/ diː /

noun

1. a river in N Wales and NW England, rising in S Gwynedd and flowing east and north to the Irish Sea. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)
2. a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)
3. a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)

dee

³

/ diː /

verb

1. See die
   a Scot word for die 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of dee¹

First recorded in 1785–95; so called from its shape, which resembles the letter D

Example Sentences

Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.

From The Daily Beast

Promo shots for Dee Dee King, taken by famed rock photographer Bob Gruen, are also on display at the Storefront Gallery.

From The Daily Beast

Dee Dee candles, rosaries, shirts and prints are offered for sale near the gallery's door as a kind of consolation.

From The Daily Beast

Ruby Dee, the legendary actress, poet, and Civil Rights activist, passed away on Wednesday in New York.

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Dee was married to Ossie Davis, the actor, activist, and WWII veteran, from 1948 until his death in 2005.

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Along the sea-margin of the tongue of land between the rivers Mersey and Dee, the sand has been thrown up in domes.

From Project Gutenberg

Mists trailed low along the sides of the Dasar-dee-ash Mountains across the lake, and hid their snowy summits from view.

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She was certainly more liberal to Dee than to many of her servants who were much more deserving.

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He was suspected of coining false money, but Dr. Dee declares he was innocent.

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Dee pursued a shadow which he believed to be a substance; Kelly knew that the shadow was nothing more than a shadow.

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