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drees

drees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dree.

Meaning of dree

Verb

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

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To bear or endure (something); to put up with, to suffer, to undergo.
    • 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!1826, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Literary Gazette, 16th September: The Frozen Ship
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) To endure; to brook; also, to be able to do or continue.

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Proper noun capitalized: Drees

Drees (plural Dreeses)

  1. A surname from Dutch or German.

Forms of drees

pluralDreeses

Origin of drees

Borrowed from Dutch and German Drees.

Questions about drees

What does drees mean?
Drees means a surname from Dutch or German.
What is drees the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dree.
What part of speech is drees?
Drees is a proper noun.

Words near drees in the dictionary

  1. dreep
  2. dreeped
  3. dreeping
  4. dreeps
  5. dreer
  6. drees
  7. Dreeses
  8. dreest
  9. dreg
  10. dregealin
  11. dregeoside

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