dree
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Is dree a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of dree?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.Examples: "Peace to the souls of the graveless dead! / 'Twas an awful doom to dree; / But fearful and wondrous are thy works, / O God! in the boundless sea!"; "And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree."Synonyms: abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brookNorthern-EnglandScotlandtransitive
2. (intransitive) To endure; to brook; also, to be able to do or continue.Northern-EnglandScotlandintransitive
noun (English)
1. (chiefly Northumbria, Scotland, archaic) Grief; suffering; trouble.Examples: "Life is blood, shed and offered. / The eagle’s eye can face this dree. / To beasts of chase the lie is proffered: / Timor Mortis Conturbat Me."Northern-EnglandNorthumbriaScotlandarchaic
adv (English)
1. (Northeast Midlands, Northern England)Northern-EnglandScotland
2. (Northeast Midlands, Northern England)Northern-EnglandScotland
3. (Lancashire, Scotland) Slowly, tediously.Northern-EnglandScotland
Definition source: Wiktionary