English

Verb

dree ‎(third-person singular simple present drees, present participle dreeing, simple past and past participle dreed)

1. (transitive) To suffer; bear; thole; endure; put up with; undergo.
   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 8:

     And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree.

2. (intransitive) To endure; brook; be able to do or continue.

Derived terms

• adree
• dree one’s weird

Etymology 2

From Middle English dreȝ, dregh, dryȝ ‎(“long, extended, great”), from Old English *drēog ‎(“fit, sober, earnest”) and/or Old Norse drjúgr ‎(“extensive, sufficient”); both from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz ‎(“extensive, firm”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- ‎(“to hold fast”). Cognate with Scots dreich ‎(“extensive, lasting, long-lasting, tedious, tiresome, slow”), West Frisian drege ‎(“extensive, long-lasting”), Danish drøj ‎(“tough, solid, heavy”), Swedish dryg ‎(“lasting, liberal, hard, large, ample”), Icelandic drjúgur ‎(“long, substantial, ample, heavy”).

Alternative forms

• dreigh, dreegh (Scotland)

Adjective

dree ‎(comparative more dree, superlative most dree)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Long; large; ample; great.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Great; of serious moment.
3. (now chiefly dialectal) Tedious; wearisome; tiresome.

Derived terms

• dreely

Etymology 3

From Middle English dreghe, dregh, from dregh, dreȝ ‎(“long, extended, great”). See above.

Noun

dree ‎(plural drees)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Length; extension; the longest part.

Anagrams

• deer
• dere, de re
• rede
• reed, Reed

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German drê, drî, drie.

Numeral

dree

1. three

Related terms

• (ordinal numeral) darde, drüdde, drüdd', drütt

Luxembourgish

Verb

dree

1. second-person singular imperative of dreeën

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German drê, drî, drie.

Numeral

dree

1. (cardinal) three

Scots

Etymology

From Old English drēogan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /driː/

Verb

dree ‎(third-person singular present drees, present participle dreein, past dreed, past participle dreed)

1. to endure, suffer, put up with, undergo

Derived terms

• dree one’s weird