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

When I was in New York in his loft photographing him, CJ Ramone came in while Arturo was showing Ramones artwork to me and sharing different stories that happened, for example, he would point at the floor and say, “Over there — that’s the stain where Dee Dee burned it with candles.”

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“I want to humanize the people on the paintings because you could see them around the corner. Some of these people, you know exactly who they are. It’s not using them as a placeholder for anybody. No. It’s like, I’m specifically painting Dee Alvarado.”

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Dee Terry from Durrington in Wiltshire had her German spitz, Bilbo, neutered last year - but the procedure led to an infection, leaving her with £1,200 in unexpected vet bills.

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The comedian was visiting the River Dee near Balmoral Castle when some members of the King's royal guards, the 5Scots battalion, recognised him and invited him to the Victoria Barracks in Ballater for dinner.

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Thomas Dee, a Stanford University education professor and economist, warns that an overemphasis on telling parents to send their children to school with a cold could backfire.

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