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Dried vs Dreed - What's the difference?

dried | dreed |

As verbs the difference between dried and dreed

is that dried is past tense of dry while dreed is past tense of dree.

As an adjective dried

is without water or moisture.

dried

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Without water or moisture.

    • Synonyms

    * (without water) anhydrous, desiccated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dry)

    • Anagrams

    *

    dreed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dree)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    dree

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dreen, dreghen, dreogen, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).

    Verb

    (d)
  • To suffer; bear; thole; endure; put up with; undergo.
  • * 1885 , Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , volume 8:
    • And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree .
  • To endure; brook; be able to do or continue.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (now, chiefly, dialectal) Long; large; ample; great.
  • (now, chiefly, dialectal) Great; of serious moment.
  • (now, chiefly, dialectal) Tedious; wearisome; tiresome.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) dreghe, dregh, from dregh, . See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (now, chiefly, dialectal) Length; extension; the longest part.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * ----