ree

[ ree ]

/ ri /

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

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ree²

[ ree, rey ]

/ ri, reɪ /

to sift (grain, peas, beans, etc.).

1350–1400; Middle English < ?

Ree

[ ree ]

/ ri /

When I credit her for discovering Jennifer Lawrence in casting her as Ree Dolly, she smiles bashfully, before backpedaling a bit.
Life After ‘Winter’s Bone’: Debra Granik on Finding J. Law and the Plight of the Female Director|Marlow Stern|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lawrence's performance as Ree Dolly has not gotten the same level of attention.
Overacting Anonymous: The Christian Bale and Natalie Portman Edition|Tricia Romano|February 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman, knows how to make a hungry crowd happy.
What to Eat: Super Bowl Party|Cookstr.com|February 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Despite having attracted the interest of the police, Jason seems like a nice guy and a good dad to their 4-year-old daughter, Ree.
A Romance Writer's Dark Turn|David J. Montgomery|June 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Ree could plainly see that some great trouble was on his mind.
Far Past the Frontier|James A. Braden
Ree smiled, but he held firmly to his gun, and snatched his hat from the young brave who had seized it.
Far Past the Frontier|James A. Braden
“Mr. Rice is so excitable he may have thought Huson worse hurt than he is,” Ree answered.
Far Past the Frontier|James A. Braden
Ree found time during many evenings to read again and again the few books he had.
Far Past the Frontier|James A. Braden
I'm aye at him, Mrs MacPherson, to gie up the ree and the lorries and start a eatin'-house.
Erchie|(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro