dee

[ dee ]

/ di /

noun

a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear: to hang wire cutters from a dee on a saddle.

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

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Origin of dee

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

Words nearby dee

deduction, deduction theorem, deductive, deduplicate, dedéagach, dee, deed, deed box, deed poll, deejay, deek

Definition for dee (2 of 2)

Dee

[ dee ]

/ di /

noun

John,1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.

a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.

a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. About 70 miles (110 km) long.

a male or female given name.

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Example sentences from the Web for dee

Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Promo shots for Dee Dee King, taken by famed rock photographer Bob Gruen, are also on display at the Storefront Gallery.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dee Dee candles, rosaries, shirts and prints are offered for sale near the gallery's door as a kind of consolation.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings|Melissa Leon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dee was married to Ossie Davis, the actor, activist, and WWII veteran, from 1948 until his death in 2005.
Spike Lee’s Tribute to Ruby Dee: ‘A Living Example That One Could Be An Artist and Activist’|Marlow Stern|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In its reticence it might disappoint some readers, but it also underlines Dee's basic decency.
Judge Me Not: Jonathan Dee’s ‘A Thousand Pardons’ Reviewed|Benjamin Lytal|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The windows had been boarded up; and the exterior of the craft bore out all that Dee Dickinson had said of it.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat|Janet Aldridge
So we determined, like Dee and Prosper le Gai, to "bide our time."
At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed
The Don and Dee, river gunboats, arrived a day or two later.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885|Charles Royle
He would be glad to know whether this curious broadside has been printed in any memoir of Dr. Dee.
Notes & Queries, No. 9, Saturday, December 29, 1849|Various
In the church is buried Dr. Dee, that last of the magicians, who was indeed one of the first of our mathematicians.
Surrey|A.R. Hope Moncrieff

British Dictionary definitions for dee (1 of 3)

dee

/ (diː) /

verb

a Scot word for die 1

British Dictionary definitions for dee (2 of 3)

Dee¹

/ (diː) /

noun

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)

a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)

a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)

British Dictionary definitions for dee (3 of 3)

Dee²

/ (diː) /

noun

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

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