noun · rare

ree

ree · rees

A state of befuddlementA state of befuddlement; intoxication.

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/ɹiː/

» I need to buy a new clarinet reed.

Meaning

4 senses

(dialectal)A state of befuddlement; intoxication.
(dialectal)A state of great excitement or frenzy.
(Scotland, Shetland, especially)A period of stormy or unsettled weather, especially one occurring somewhat predictably at a particular time of year.
(Essex, dialectal, obsolete)A small river or stream.

Examples

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I need to buy a new clarinet reed.
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Tom broke Mary's clarinet reed.
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The reed bends in the wind.
ruКамыш гнётся на ветру.
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He is as slender as a reed.
ruОн строен как камыш.
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Teach me how to play a reed pipe.
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Origin

From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, d

From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”).

Of obscure origin. Perhaps from a rebracketing of ea with Old English þære, i.e. þære ēa becoming the ree. Alternatively, perhaps a variant (like rye, found in the placename Rye) of rith.

From Old Norse hríð (“storm”), whence also Norwegian Nynorsk ri (“period with harsh weather”).

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