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rees

rees is the plural of ree.

rees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ree.

Meaning of ree

Noun (1)

ree (plural rees)

  1. (dialectal) A state of befuddlement; intoxication.
  2. (dialectal) A state of great excitement or frenzy.

Noun (2)

ree (plural rees)

  1. (Essex, dialectal, obsolete) A small river or stream.
    • The church of this pariſh, vulgarly called St. Mary Overy, from its dedication to the virgin Mary, and ſituation over the Ree or river, in reſpect of London, is a ſtately Gothic ſtructure, in the form of a cathedral.1768-9, Tobias George Smollett, The Present State of all Nations

Noun (3)

ree (plural rees)

  1. (Scotland, Shetland, especially) A period of stormy or unsettled weather, especially one occurring somewhat predictably at a particular time of year.
    • To my surprise he took our caustic remarks about the climate very calmly, even cheerfully. "Och, man, it's only the Beltane ree," he said with a lively twinkle, enjoying our bewilderment. Evidently, the Shetland weather was merely putting on a scheduled performance and he for one was very well...1952, Ursula Venables, Tempestuous Eden, page 147

See all 11 meanings of ree

Proper noun capitalized: Rees

Rees

  1. A surname from Welsh, an Anglicized form of Rhys.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A town on the lower Rhine in Kleve district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Noun (1) capitalized: Rees

Rees

  1. (plural) plural of Ree (Native American tribe).

Noun (2) capitalized: REEs

REEs

  1. (plural) plural of REE

Phrases with rees

Questions about rees

What does rees mean?
Rees means a surname from Welsh, an Anglicized form of Rhys.
What is rees the plural of?
Rees is the plural of ree.
What part of speech is rees?
Rees can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near rees in the dictionary

  1. reerode
  2. reeroded
  3. reerodes
  4. reeroding
  5. REERs
  6. rees
  7. reescalate
  8. reescalated
  9. reescalates
  10. reescalating
  11. reescalation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rees (page history and authors); Rees (page history and authors); REEs (page history and authors); ree (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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