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. 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

²

/ diː /

noun

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

dee

³

/ diː /

verb

1. 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

North Wales Police said they were called at around 08:10 BST on Saturday after the body was reported in the the River Dee in Llangollen, Denbighshire.

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As the musicians — music director Dee Simone on drums and Tonya Sweets on bass — warm up the crowd from their platform at the back of the playing area, Vargas, ever-in-motion, greets theatergoers and counts down to the start of the show.

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This week, Ted and Dee Montoya drove about an hour from their East Bay suburb to take four grandchildren to Baker Beach, a popular spot near the Golden Gate Bridge managed by the National Park Service.

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Simi Valley Mayor Dee Dee Cavanaugh called the video of the attack “heart-breaking.”

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Meanwhile the high bridges on the A483 south of Wrexham, which cross the Dee and Ceiriog valleys, have been closed.

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