Other definitions for ree (2 of 3)

ree2
[ ree, rey ]

verb (used with object),reed, ree·ing.British Dialect.
  1. to sift (grain, peas, beans, etc.).

Origin of ree

2
1350–1400; Middle English < ?

Other definitions for Ree (3 of 3)

Ree
[ ree ]

noun

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How to use ree in a sentence

  • From this lake we arrived, in one hour, at Te-ne-ree, a place where we paid our first caphar.

  • His body won't be found here for two or t'ree months, if da finds it at all.

    The Missing Tin Box | Arthur M. Winfield
  • The "t'ree t'ousand rails" kept coming in in his narrative as the utter and unbearable aggravation of injustice.

    Palmetto-Leaves | Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • At Post heem worth fi' hundred dollars—at Montreal t'ree hundred more!

    The Wolf Hunters | James Oliver Curwood