different between ree vs reem

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?/

Etymology 1

Noun

ree (plural rees)

1. Alternative form of rei

Etymology 2

From Middle English rei, reh, reoh, from Old English hr?oh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, stormy, tempestuous”), from Proto-Germanic *hreuhaz (“bad, wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh?- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots ree, rae, ray (“ree”), Old Saxon hr? (“evil, bad, angry”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (rauhtjan, “to become angry, rage against”). Related to Old English hr?aw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.

Alternative forms

• rie (Scotland)

Adjective

ree (comparative reer or more ree, superlative reest or most ree)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.

Synonyms

• (frenzied): frantic, frenetic, off the chain
• (half-drunk): buzzed, merry, squiffy; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Noun

ree (plural rees)

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

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)

1. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.
2. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.

Etymology 3

Compare riddle (“a sieve”).

Verb

ree (third-person singular simple present rees, present participle reeing, simple past and past participle reed)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

Anagrams

• 'ere, -eer, EER, Ere, e'er, eer, ere

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ree, from Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch r?a.

Noun

ree (plural reë)

1. roe, deer of the genus Capreolus

Derived terms

• reebok

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?/
• Hyphenation: ree
• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ree, from Old Dutch r?a. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ree f or n (plural reeën, diminutive reetje n)

1. The roe, Capreolus capreolus.
2. Any deer of the genus Capreolus.

Derived terms

• reebeen
• reebok
• reegeit
• reekalf
• waterree

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ree

Etymology 2

Syncopic form of rede.

Noun

ree f (plural reeën)

1. (now literary or dialectal) Alternative form of rede (“anchorage”).

Anagrams

• eer, ere

Esperanto

Etymology

re- +? -e

Pronunciation

Adverb

ree

1. again

Italian

Adjective

ree f pl

1. feminine plural of reo

Anagrams

• ere

Latin

Noun

ree m

1. vocative singular of reus

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rí, from Proto-Celtic *r?xs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s (“ruler, king”).

Noun

ree m (genitive singular ree, plural reeghyn or reeaghyn)

1. king (monarchy, chess, card games, draughts)

Derived terms

Swahili

Alternative forms

• rea
• rei

Pronunciation

Noun

ree (n class, plural ree)

1. (card games) ace

See also

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English rye, from Old English ry?e, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi.

Noun

ree

1. rye

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?m/, /????m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Etymology 1

From Biblical Hebrew ?????? (r'em).

Noun

reem (plural reems)

1. A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare ream (“to make a hole in”).

Verb

reem (third-person singular simple present reems, present participle reeming, simple past and past participle reemed)

1. (transitive, nautical) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

Etymology 3

Of unclear origins, popularised by Joey Essex. Possibly derived from cream or ream.

Adjective

reem (comparative reemer or more reem, superlative reemest or most reem)

1. (Britain, chiefly Essex, slang) cool, excellent; desirable; sexy.
   • 2011 June 13, Julie McCaffrey, "Forget a suntan, fake it, safely bake or soothe it", The Mirror:

     The cast of The Only Way Is Essex have tried every fake tan in the universe and insist this is best before a reem night out.

   • 2012, Becci Fox, Confessions of an Essex Girl: A Smart, Sexy and Scandalously Funny Expose, Pan Macmillan ?ISBN

     Imagine a totally reem Hogwarts where Harry Potter looks like he should be in a Wham! video while Hermione's always on her pink BlackBerry and trying to catch Ron's attention by rolling up her skirt higher and higher.

   • 2014, Joey Essex, Being Reem, Hachette UK ?ISBN

     Room service: The reemest way to get food! […] The party royal is the most reem though because he goes to Vegas.

References

Anagrams

• -mere, Emer., Mere, REME, erme, meer, mere

Middle English

Noun

reem

1. Alternative form of reme (“ream”)

Yola

Alternative forms

• rhyme

Etymology

From Middle English reme (“cream”).

Noun

reem

1. cream

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN